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Compromise of 1850
New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized as non slave states. California would be admitted as a free state. -
Fugitive slave Law
The fugitive slave law demanded that northern abolitionist were forced to return runaway slaves back to their owners, and it created jobs called slave hunters who searcehed and returned tens of thousands of slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This novel changed how Americans viewed slavery, the way that people treated people as property. It demanded that the United States deliver on the promise of freedom and equality -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
This act allowed white male settlers in these territories to determine through popular sovereignty. This act completely disregarded the Missouri Act rule of 36' 30" and allowed a state north of iteven have the opportunity of becoming a slave state. -
birth of The Republican Party
first Republican Party meeting took place in Ripon, Wisconsin and 10,000 people attended -
Brooks attacks Sumner in Senate
Brooks entered the Senate chamber and attacked Sumner at his desk, brutally beating him with his cane. Sumner's desk was bolted to the ground so his legs were caught under his desk prohibiting from getting up from this attack. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Supreme Court decision was declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts. -
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown raided a bunch of Abolitionist, and he and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsena. Brown hopped that the local slaves would join future riots. -
Election of 1860
the dominance in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, putting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with almost no support from the South. -
Shots fired at Fort Sumter, SC
Confederacy tried to storm Fort Sumter. This were the first shots of the war. THe confederacy gained control of the Fort.
