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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws. Some favored slave states and some favored free states.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that made many Americans become anti-slavery, was published
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed territories to vote on the issue of slavery. This led to proslavery and antislavery forces flooding into Kansas.
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John Brown went to Kansas to help his sons fight to make Kansas a free state.
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Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom because he had lived in free territory. The Supreme Court said slaves were property and could be taken anywhere
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of debates betwen candidates for Illinois' Senate seats. Lincoln lost, but the debates gave him national recognition.
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John Brown led a raid against the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA. He was caught and later executed for treason.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected for President.
