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Missouri Compromise
Missouri was made a slave state, and Maine was made a free state both at the same time. Both were made to balance the amount of slave and free states. It also abolished slavery above the 36-degree 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana territory. -
Nat's Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner and his followers at 2:00 A.M. marched to his master's house, and killed him, going through Southampton County in Virginia, and killing at least 55 other people before white authorities crushed the revolt. Nat Turner avoided capture for two months before he got caught. -
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico, saying that since slavery was abolished in Mexico, the area once Mexico should stay abolished. -
Compromise of 1850
Act called for California to be a free state and for Utah and New Mexico to be their own territory, a boundary between Texas and the United States, this called for the abolition of slaves in D.C. and Amended the Fugitive Slave act. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Federal marshalls became required to arrest alleged or runaway slaves. This brought slavery into the anti-slavery Northerner citizens' lives. The abolitionist had to decide whether to defy the law or turn away from their beliefs. -
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
A novel was written about the injustice of slavery. The story is about a slave who was being transported to an auction, where he saves the life of a girl, she is grateful and her father purchased him. It was very controversial since it portrayed slaves as being too positive. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Bill introduced two territories, dividing making the North and South of the U.S. The bill was established to repeal the Missouri Compromise and it established a sovereignty rule of both the new territories. -
Scott V. Sanford
The U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens, so even though they live or decide in a free state, human rights don't apply to them, keeping them owned by their masters. Therefore, there was no protection from the federal government since they were owned as property by their masters. -
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John Brown's Raid
John Brown was an abolitionist, and he and his men captured prominent citizens and took over the federal armory and arsenal. Sixteen people were killed, with ten of Brown's men included. John Brown and many other men were captured and put into prison. -
Election of 1860
In the Presidental election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the election, though he received less than 40% of the popular vote. Easily won, however, in the electrical college vote. This election was very important since it shaped the future of slaves and their freedom, and is considered the turning point in the Civil War.