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Missouri Compromise
The Compromise that balanced the free and slave state issue at the time and making a line at 30 degrees 30 minutes latitude, which outlawed slavery in any territories above that line. -
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Pre-Civil War Events
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Abolition Movement
A movement that worked to abolish slavery in the Union. -
William Lloyd Garrison- The Liberator
A newspaper that was used by abolitionists to spread their cause. The newspaper was made by William Lloyd Garrison. -
Nulification Crisis
The debate that states had the right to declare something unconstitutional and choose whether or not to follow a law passed by the government. -
Mexican-American War
A war between the United States and Mexico over the American advancement into areas like California and Texas. -
Conpromise of 1850
A compromise that settled the rest of the Mexican-Cession by dividing the area into two areas, Utah and New Mexico. The question of whether slavery would be allowed in those territories would be decided by popular sovereignty. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published be Harriet Beecher Stowe
A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, that gave a description of what slavery was like in the South. The novel was liked by the North and hated by the South. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A plan that divided the remainder of the the Louisiana Purchase into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and slavery would be determined by popular sovereignty. -
South Starts to seceed
The South gets the idea of seceeding from the Union due to Lincoln's election. -
Lincoln's Inauguration
Lincoln becomes president of the Untied States in 1861. This election angered the South and was another reason why they seceeded.
