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The American Colonization Society forms
This would free the slaves and give them the chance to go back to africa -
The American Anitslavery Society forms
An agreement to help slaves lives but formed violent riots from people that still wanted slaves -
The liberty Party forms
It was a party formed to promote anti slavery. Had a politic running for president. Only got 7,000 votes. Said that the consitution was a pro slavery document. -
The Liberty Party Forms
A political party formed by abolitionist who wanted more political action to make way for antislavery -
Mexican American war
Mexico and America faught for texas and what would end up as the mexican cession. -
The Free Soil Party
A politcal party that did not last very long in the U.S. It was a third and single issue party that drew its greatest strength from New York state. Its maine purppo was to expand slavery to the southern states. -
California Gold Ruch
JOhn Marshal found gold in a river that a mill was being built on. Immagrents came to claim gold to and created a group called forty niners. This brought out new invensions as well -
The Comprimise of !850
The Comprimise was a package of 5 bills that proved territory for non slave states in the north and slave states in the south -
The Kansas-Npebraska Debate
Allowed people who settled in the territory to decide if they wanted to have slavery present or not. -
The Sumner Brooks Affair
A despute between pro slavery Prestone Brookes and anti slavery charles sumner -
The Dred Scott Decision
Was a ruling by us supreme court that slaves from africa were not us citizens and not protected by the constitution -
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln and dougless were debating to win over illonis and all seven debate between them were about slavery -
The Election of 1860
It was an election that Abraham Lincoln won that brought questions about slavery expansion and southern states wanted to succede because they wanted slavery still
