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Slave Codes
The fist slave code was originally created in vVirginia and stated that all persons, except blacks, were required to have a weapon. -
Missouri Compromise
All states north of Missouri were free states. States south of Missouri were slave states. This compromise was a temporary fix for the conflict of slavery between the North and South. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led a rebellion in Virginia against slavery. Around 85 people died and Turner was hanged -
Slave Codes
The last slave code created was made by Alabama and stated that slaves who tried to learn to write would recieve a severe punishment. -
Compromise of 1850
California became a Union state. New Mexico would not be a part of Texas. Utah and New Mexico could decide by popular soverignty, whether or not to be a slave state -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle tom's Cabin describes the evils of slavery and the troubles that slaves had endured -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The territories of Kansas and Nebraska were created and canceled the peace created by the Missoui Compromise. It also led to the creation of the Republican Party. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott filed a lawsuit because he travelled to the free states with his owner but was later returned to the slave state. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
Abe Lincoln was elected as the16th president of the United States. The Union alone was the reason Lincoln won. -
Alexander Stephens
Stephens was elected vice president of the Confederate States of America after thier secession.
