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Missouri Compromise
This event lowered tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because it settled how slavery would be handled. -
Mexican War
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because it brought new land into the picture. With new land come the unbalance of free/slave states. -
Wilmot Proviso
This event lowered tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because even thought it was a terrible idea, when it was passed people were relieved. -
California Gold Rush
This event lowered tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because now that people had money the have to focus primarily on slaves to make money. But now instead they would have their own. -
Compromise of 1850
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because now the free/slave state is off balance. And being that popular sovereignty will solve it from that point on people will continue to try to influence the people that live in the new land area. -
Fugitive Slave Law
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because now northerners are now legally allowed to help southern slave masters retrieve all "Slaves. Now the north is divided trying to decide whether to help and receive money or just let the "slaves" go. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because this book showed the horrors of slavery. People didn't believe what was in the book they thought it was propaganda. -
Republican Party Forms
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because they couldn't really decide what they wanted to do with slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because with the new railroad new things could get transported in including slaves. With more slaves everything would get worse than what it was. -
“Bleeding Kansas”
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because there was a mini civil war over slavery between the North and the South. -
Charles Sumner caned in the Senate
This event lowered tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because they were fighting because they had different views on slavery. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because they had to decide weather Dred Scott was a free man or a slave. Since they were in western territory this decision would decide if slave masters took their slaves to this land. -
John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry
This event lowered tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because it shows that even though slaves wouldn't fight there freedom someone would. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because they knew that he would fight to end slavery with whatever it took. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because none of this would have happened if South Carolina had never seceded from the union. But they seceded due to all the issues over slavery. -
Southern states begin to secede
This event raised tension over the expansion of slavery. I say this because the south left to the issues over slavery.
