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wilmont proviso
congress tried to stop the spread of slavery.
it failed but south is concerned -
compromise of 1850
- admission of california as a free state
- slaves being sold in d.c.
- Utah & new mexico being admitted as slave states
- fugitive Slave law during this time
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fugitive slave law
to help slave owner recapture runaway slaves they managed to keep both sides satisfied -
uncle tom's cabin
story calling an end o slavery -
kansas nebraska act
people in the territories could decide for them selves. whether thier state state allow slavery people began fleeding into kansas & nebraska -
bleeding kansas
a bunch of people got shot
proslavery an abolitionist fought each other small civil war went down in kansas -
Dred scott
dred scott was a slave ( master died )
sued for his freedom but he was a slave sooooo
he was not considered a citizen but property
tension rises between northern an southern states -
lincoln and douglas debate
dont want slavery to exspand to new states -
harpers ferry
john brown seized the federal arsenal there plan was ti stir up slavery and revolt in the virginia and end slavery -
election of 1860
the voters in 1860 voted mostley on which section of the country that in the lincoln promised to keep slavery from spreading in to the new territories & lincoln won the election -
fort sumter
north has a fort that that is in south carolina , south opens up fire on the north