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pottawatomie massacre (kansas bleeding )
it was the murder of five men from the proslavery settlemennt on pottawatomie creek why? b/c the north wanted the slavery part to end www.britannica.com -
underground railroad (harriet tubman)
a secret cooperative network that aided fugitive slaves in reaching the free states or canada why? b/c slaves got tired of being used so they ran to get away from the slavery www.thefreedictionary.com/underground+railroad -
kansas-nebraska act
it created the territories of kansas and nebraska and opened new lands to repeal the missouri compromise why? b/c at the time they thought this was better than the missioui compromies www.dictionary.reference.com -
Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
an agreement that allowedmissouri to enter the union as a slave stateand maine to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or north states of 3630 n. latitude why?: so they could determain which one was slave or free book- north carolina american anthem copyright2008by holt,rinehart an wilson -
tariff of abominations
was an outrage to southerns that felt that the taxs on imports was excessive and unfairly targeted their region of the country why?: because it hurt the south more than the north www.history1800s.about.com.>...>1800s glossary -
wilmot proviso
ban slavery in terroitory gained from mexico why?:he belived congress could regulate slavery in the territories and washington d.c
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free-soil party
another political partyin the united states why? oppose the extension of slavery into the new land wordnetweb.princeton.edu -
fugitive slave act
it were laws passed by congress for any slave that escaped or were free even if they were had been free for 30 yrs why? it was passed so that they want lose slaves b/c they werent allowed to bring anymore over www.nationalcenter.org/fugitiveslaveact.html -
uncle toms cabin
uncle toms cabin or life among the lowly is an anti-slavery novel by american author harriet beecher stowe why? b/c it was to show how the life of slaves were on the white farmmers plantation www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/uncle+toms+cabin -
republican party
a group of democratic whigs and their indenpendence why? opposed on the act of spreading slavery legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com -
know-nothing patry
a former poliical party in th united states why? so they could keep power out od immigrants hands wordnetweb.princeton.eud -
sack of lawrence
it helped ratchet up the guerrilla war in the kansas territory why? b/c it helped the war gain many terroitory www.encyclopedia.com -
brooks/sumner senate caning
a south carolina congressmen nearly killed sumner on the senate floor with his cane why? b/c he was talking about his uncle for 2 days in a negitive way so.. he got tired of it and beat the crap out of him www.senate.gov/vtour/sumner.html -
the election of 1856
it was a heated contest on the primary election among 3 partys why? b/c it was set on diffrent catagoies wikipidia.org -
dred scott decision
a black slave whos suit for freedom was denied by the u.s supreme court why: because at the time of this event it would have made the south mad at the north www.dictonary.com -
lincoln duglulas debates
series of seven debates between republican canadate and lincoln why: b/c they wanted to become president for the nation and make it their own www.dictonary.com -
freeport doctrine
in spite of the dred scott dicesion it would be best for slavery why: b/c stephen thought it would be the best decision for the slave states www.dictionary.com -
harpers ferry incident
in west virginia john brown did his rebellion why: b/c he was a black man trying to free him and everybody eles www.dictionary.com -
the election of 1860
it was held for the president of office why: so the nation could have a president www.dictionary.com -
formation of the confederate states of america
a republic formed in feb.... and composed the 11 southeren states why: so that each gets the individual rights so that if one pat faIls theirs one to fall back on www.dictionary.com -
fort sumter
a fort of charleston south carolina that was the sences of bombbardment why: so it could protect the south and its ports www.dictionary.com -
south carolina session
the frist state to secede was south carolina why: b/c it passed the ordinance of secession www.dictionary.com -
compromise of 1850
was a seri