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The compromise of 1850
Henry Clay made a compromise; the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and slave trade in D.C. was abolished as part of the compromise. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was the repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro slavery and antislavery Americans. -
Kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas Nebraska act repealed the Missouri compromise and outlawed slavery in the Louisiana territories, creating the debates about slavery in the west. -
Preston brooks vs Charles sumner
Sumner was the leader of the anti slavery forces in the state and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War. -
Dred Scott vs sandford
Dred Scott and his wife sued for their freedom in St. Louis Circuit Court, claiming that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited. -
Lincoln Douglas debates
A series of seven debates between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. -
John browns raid on harpers ferry
He led a group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery. -
Lincoln’s election
The results of the 1860 election pushed the nation into war because Lincoln was anti slavery.