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Declaration of Independence
Created a new nation on people's freedom, (Individual Freedoms) Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. But this did not follow with African Americans and indentured servants. Only with white people that have been citizens of the united states. -
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
This prohibited the import and export of slaves for 20 years. This was mainly good for the south. It meant that the government was saying the south could import slaves without a tax for 20 years. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
A rebellion that was led by slaves. They rebelled against their master and other plantations. The rebellion killed 55 to 65 people. 51 of which were white. -
Wilmot Proviso
A act that tried to stop the expansion of slavery into new territory. The wilmot proviso stated that any territory gained from mexico in the war, would not allow slavery. This helped the north get more territory for their efforts in stopping slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Free state Wilmot Privos abandoned Washington D C no slave trade but still slave, Fugitive slave act stricter. Tension between states give up on things they did not want to do. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A novel that helped lay the groundwork of the civil war. By saying what slavery was like for so many people. It was a anti slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed for Nebraska and Kansas to use POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY to decide if they would be free or slave states. People thought it would leave decisions of slavery up to the state (it did not) And had people within the territories protesting violent for or against slavery -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott, a slave that spent time in a free state with his owner before returning to missouri. He claimed that he should become a free black because he was in a free state for long enough. The supreme court did not think that blacks were citizens so they could not sue people. -
Violence in Congress (Preston Brooks vs. Charles Sumner)
Preston brooks hit charles Sumner with a walking cane. This is because of a speech Charles gave two days prior. Charles was a abolitionist that criticized slave holders. Charles was almost killed in the incident. -
John Brown Raid at Harpers Ferry
john brown led a attack on different plantations and killed the slave owners. Than gave the slaves weapons to join his army. Which helped him take more plantations and get more slaves to join his cause. -
Bloodshed in Kansas
a series of fights that broke out because of the kansas nebraska act. The people of kansas fought because they wanted their side to win in the vote. When they started to argue with the other side things got bloody and they got into battles.
