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Missouri Compromise
I think the missouri compromise lowered tension for the expansion of slavery. it regulated slavery in the western territories by prohibiting the practice. -
Mexican War
it was a conflict between mexico and America. it raised tension over slavery. Because norhterners didnt want another slave state. -
Wilmot Proviso
this was designed to within the land required as a result of the mexican war. so i think this will raise tension because the south wants to expand and this is stopping the,. -
California Gold rush
The california gold rush lowered tension over the expansion of slaves. they got over $2 million worth of precious metals in the gold rush. -
Compromise Of 1850
it was a package of five seperate bills passed by the united states congress. which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War. i think it lowered tension for slavery. -
Fugative Slave Law
it is apart of the compromise of 1850 dealing with the southern slave holders and the norhtern free soilers. it raised tension over the expansion of slavery. Because people would trick free black men and sale them as slaves so there was more slaves to move across the nation. -
uncle toms cabin
it lowered the tension. the book just layed the groundwork about the civil war. it was an anti-slavery book. -
republican party forms
it raised the tension level becuase the republican party finally got there first presidential canidate john c. fremont. by 1860 the republican party were publicly threatened. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
it lowered the tension for slavery because this act aloowed the poeple in kansas and nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within there borders. -
Bleeding Kansas
bleeding kansas cause more tebsion. Bleeding kansas was a violent political confrontation involving anti-slavery(free staters) , and pro-slavery. -
charles sumner caned in the senate
it rose the tension for slavery because charles's speech, attacking slavery and its practitioners. Thats when he was nearly beat to death by preston brooks with his cane. -
John Browns Raid At Harpers Ferry
it raised the tension over slavery because he tried to get an army of slaves to fight and they wouldnt join him so he got killed. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
it caused more tension for slavery because he promised that if he was elected president he was going to let the slavery expand but he changed his mind. -
Battle Of Fort Sumter
this battle was the first battle in the civil war. The battle was over slavery. It was either the south wins and slavery stays or the north wins and slavery gets eliminated. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
it raised tension on slavery becuase it was a court case where dred scott was a slave with his owner in a free state and he was trying to get citizenship but they saixd he couldnt so this raised tensions. -
southern states begin to secede
it raised the level for expansion of slavery because president abrahmam lincoln was elected president and he promised the slavery could expand but he didnt keep that promise. Thats why southern states were seceding becuase they were angry with lincoln cause he wanted to end slavery.
