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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise led to the entering of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also led to the 36 latitude line being the split between South and North. Below the line slavery was allowed and above it was not allowed. This continued a growing trend of tension between South and North -
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Conflicts up to the Civil War
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
This rebellion, started in southern Virginia by Nat Turner,involved a bunch of slaves entering plantation owners houses and killing the families. They killed about 60 whites were killed and most of the people that rebelled were executed for the trouble the caused. -
Wilmot-Proviso
This was a piece of legislature that said any territory gained from the war against Mexico. He tried to get it to pass for two years but ended up being unsuccessful. This legislation argument led to the first real talks of seceding. -
The Compromise of 1850
This compromise did not do much except increase the divide between South and North. It made people who did not practice slavery participate in catching slaves. While it did stop an all out war, it did help to start the war later on. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe single-handed caused a major rift from South and the North. It showed of the evils that slavery inflicts on slaves. It was the first time that people from the North saw how bad slaves were being treated. -
Bleeding Kansas
This conflict began when pro- and anti- slavery supporters started pouring into Kansas to sway the passing of the Nebraska-Kansas Act. It led to brief moments of conflict that lasted 6 years and took around 50 lives. -
Dred Scott Case
This case pinned Dred Scott against his owner. Dred was suing his captor because they took him to free land so he must be free.The decision of the Supreme Court was that since he was property he had no right to sue and had no rights at all. This further led to division of South and North -
John Brown's Raid
As part of Bleeding Kansas, John Brown attacked a military outpost and stole arsenal so he could arm the slaves and they could rebel. He was quickly surrounded by General Lee and his army. Upon being executed, he was a martyr for abolitionist and made the South militarize against further raids. -
Abraham Lincoln
When Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, it was the beginning of the end. A month after he won South Carolina seceded from the union. They were followed out by six other states that did not want to lose their slaves. -
Fort Sumter
Said to be the first real battle of the Civil War, after this battle, the rest of the South seceded from the union. This was the final straw that sparked the four year long civil war. This attack involved the South attacking a ship sent to Fort Sumter with supplies for the troops there.
