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wilmot proviso
wanted to ban slavery in the mexican cession territory our west congress refused to pass the povisio started to scare the slave owners provisio didnt pass led to the ceation of the free soid party -
compromise of 1850
congress argued about wat to do with all the new territories we from mexico they didnt go to war -
fugitive slave law
law passed to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves they managed to keep both sides satisfied and prevented a permanent split before the civil war -
uncle toms cabin
harret beecher stowe story calling for an end to slavery north decided;slavery is horrible,cruel,nd unesptable -
kansas nebraska act
people in the territories could decide for themsleves the people decided if they wanted slaves or not -
bleeding kansas
proslavery and abolionist fought eachother a small civil war started here -
dred scott
a slave who sued for his freedom judgementincreasedthe tension between the north and south states -
lincoln -douglas debates
debated slavery slavery should not be exponded lincoln lost the election -
harpers ferry
john brown stole guns and freed slaves brown became a martyr (hero) in the cause of slavery -
election of1860
the voter in 1860 voted mostly based on wich section of the country they would live in southern states secced -
fort sumter
lincoln notify sending supplys to the fort have to surrender and warr had begun
