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An effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states.
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A rebellion of black slaves took place in Southampton County, Virginia. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people, at least 51 of whom were white.
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A war between the United States and Mexico over the United States' annexation of Texas.
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An unsuccessful proposal in the US Congress that tried to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican-American war.
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Consists of 5 laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion.
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Passed by United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 that made the federal government responsible for finding nd returning slaves that escaped from the South.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti-slavery novel written by American author Harriet Beecher Stoe. This novel had many effects on attitudes towards African Amercians.
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A territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It allowed people in the territories to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted slavery within their borders.
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A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas territory, which began from a political debate over is slavery was legal or not in Kansas.
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A landmark decision of the U.S supreme court in which the Court held that the U.S constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people.
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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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A collection of 11 states that seceded from the US following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln's election served as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War. The United States had become increasingly divided during the 1850s.
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When the ordinance was adopted in December, this caused South Carolina to become the first slave state to declare that it had seceded from the United States.
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A bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charselton by the South Carolina militia.
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A battle of the American Civil War fought between Robert E. Lee's army and the Union General.
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The final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
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A war fought between the Union and the Confederates during the American Civil War. This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and was considered a turning point of the war.
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A battle that led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.