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Cody Kelley Events leading to the Civil War

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    Events Leading To The Civil War

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850
    Henry Clay's proposed agreement that allowed Californa to enter the Union as free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty..

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    Law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves..

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Anitslavery novel written by Herriet beecher Stowe that showed northerns the violent reality of slavery and drew many people to the abolition's cause..

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

    Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
    Law that allowed voters in the kansas and Nebraska territories to choose whether to allow slavery.

  • John Brpwn's Raid

    John Brpwn's Raid
    John Brown's raid and subsequent trial inflamed the dispute between the country's abolitionist and pro-slavery factions hardening the lines that separated the North and the South.

  • Election of 1860

    Was the 19th quadrennial presidential electionandThe election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860 and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.