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Wilmot Proviso
That he proposed an American law to ban slavery. It was also one of the major events leading to the civil war. It was passed by the House but failed at the senate. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850. California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S. Senate. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
That it was a book that was about an anti-slavery novel by an american author. the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It allowed people to move into territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The act served to appeal the Missouri compromise. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
That John brown and five of his sons and three other associates Murdered five pro slavery people. And also only five people died during the massacre. Also the killings at Pottawatomie Creek marked the Bleeding Kansas period. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."
The speech was an address given by Abraham Lincoln. Also the speech became the launching point for his successful campaign. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
That troops went and captured him. It was to initiate an armed slave revolt. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
That Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He was the first republican elected president. He was elected the 16 president. -
Confederate States of America are formed
That South Carolina was the first to secede. Then followed Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
That South Carolina seceded. South Carolina was the first slave state to declare that it had seceded. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
That troops went and shot at ships. It started the American Civil War. Also that the confederates fired at Fort Sumner.
