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By jayyred
  • Missouri Comprimise

    The Missouri Compromise is negotiated allowing Maine to be admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in 1821. This act will maintain a balance between free and slave states. The compromise establishes the 36 degree, 30' parallel of latitude as a dividing line between free and slave areas of the territories.
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    Beginning to End

  • The Tariff Act

    It was created to protect the economy of the North
  • Underground Railroad is formed

    Lead by black abolitionist Robert Purvis, the Underground Railroad is formally organized.
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    4 more states added

    2 states were slave 2 were free
  • The Comprimise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States congress.
  • Lincoln was Elected

  • South Carolina Seceded

    South Carolina Seceded