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Wilimot Proviso
a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War. -
Compromise of 1850
five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
a book that was published about anti-slavery -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers some of the members of the Pottawatomie Rifles killed five pro-slavery settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. -
Dred Scott Decision
He went to court and tried to become a legal freedman. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand.":
a republican and democrat trying to win Senate seat in Illinois -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Guy he risked his son's lives to free slaves but the slaves did rebel and he got caught and was sentenced to life and all his sons died -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
Abraham Lincoln is elected to become a Republican president. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina separated and was not apart of the union -
The Confederate States of America are formed
The 13 colonies -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Confederate soldiers fired at the fort
