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Wilmot's Proviso
No state following the Mexican American war shall be forced to be a certain state already chosen for them. Turned down by House of Representatives. -
End of Mexican American War
Gave US California and caused a conflict of how the balance of free states to slave states would continue -
Compromise of 1850
The North and South both received benefits, however the North had to return runaway slaves as a part of the deal called the "Fugitive Slave Law" which they did not like -
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A book published by a former slave that depicted how life as a slave was which horrified the people of the North and was an act of the abolisionists in hopes of banning slavery. Abraham Lincoln recognized this because the book angered the south. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act was an act passed of Popular Sovereignty which allowed the people decide whether or not they wanted to be Free or a Slave state which lead to corruption -
Bloody Kansas
Pro-Slavery mob rode to Lawrence, Kansas where Pro-free people made their base and they launced an attack in which the free people fought back causing chaos and tensions that sparked national conflict -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott a slave held in a free state by his owner petitioned that he was free because he had been held in a free state. He was denied because he didn't own property and was declared a slave because he was "property" -
Lincoln Elected President
Seven states from the south seceded from the Union because Lincoln and his Republican party were determined to outlaw slavery and stop it from expanding