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March 3rd, 1820, Missouri Compromise is Passed
Compromise passed by Henry Clay, "The Great Compromiser", which ended the debate between the north and south parts of the United States of America over westward expansion of Slavery. This compromise created a line stretching through the area of the Louisiana purchase that declared the boundary for slave or free state. -
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Causes that led to the Civil War
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Nullification Crisis
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Compromise of 1850
- Many debates in congress after mexican war about new territories being free or slave. -Henry Clay came back into play
- California made free, D.C. banished slave trade.
- Congress could not pass laws banning any more mexican territory states from slavery.
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- Act that permitted the. capture of runaway slaves in the north.
- Negative for actual free African Americans in the north because they could get caught without freedom papers.
- Heightened tension between north and south.
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Bleeding Kansas Act of 1855
- 5000 people from proslavery came down from missouri and voted for proslavery electives illegally.
- Anti-Slavery opponents started their own government.
- This new government was attacked by proslavery supporters.
- In response, John Brown killed all of his proslavery neighbors.
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Dred Scott Decision
- Dred Scott goes to court to get his freedom
- Court declares Missouri compromise unconstitutional and says slavery is permitted in all of the countries territories.
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Attack on Harpers Ferry
- John Brown wants to arm slaves to help them escape
- Goes to army base in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- Brown tries to rally slaves, and fails.
- John Brown captured and hung.
- Raises tensions between north and south.
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Election of 1860
-Abraham Lincoln wins election
-Southern states begin to secede from union shortly after.
