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The Free Soil Party
One party started another. Democrats wanted slavery but the debate stayed running. Abe lincoln gets presidency, abe wasnt a ballet for some states. -
The compromise of 1850
congress set boundary allowing Missouri up to have slavery but not the North. Fugitive slave walk was too contraversal and didnt pass. The compromise finally went through. -
Fugitive Slave act
Compromise between North and South that the north had to return escaped slaves. -
The Underground Railroad
Slaves used this to escape to the North and Canada. Over 100,000 people used this system;however only 3,000 people ran it. This was the biggest transportation system for slaves during this time. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Major debate on whether slavery should be allowed or not in certain areas. Slavery side won majority of the votes with John Brown leading the attack. -
The Republican Party
Believed spread of slavery threatened the free labor system. Opposed slavery on moral grounds. -
The Dred Scott case
Imediate impact on the US politics. African American slaves went againest Missouri compromise. Scott was a freed slave by Missouri courts but supreme court overwhelmed. -
Lincoln vs Douglas debates
Abe Lincoln made the election. Steve Douglas ruined chances in presidency in 1860. Steve won the debate. -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
John brown was a white, radical abolitanist. Raided Harper's ferry with 18 people and was captured by Robert E. Lee. South blamed all northerners for helping. -
The confederate states of America
11 states left the union; with Robert E. Lee as the general of the confederate army. Jefferson Davis was elected to be president for Mississippi. 1,861 delegates from deep south assembled together. -
First battle of Fort Sumter
First battle of the civil war. -
First battle of bull run
First land battle of the civil war. -
Gettysburg Adress
The most famous speech ever given by President Lincoln. The gettysburg address is considered a monumental act. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A union victory that stopped confederate. General robert e. lee's second invasion of the North . More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3 day battle , making it the bloodiest battle of the American civil war. -
Abraham Lincolns plan of reconstruction
Lincolns plan of Reconstructing the Union as a whole after the war. The plans did not go theough because he was shot by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson
