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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was five bills passed in the US in 1850. The compromise brought CA in as a free state. -
Fugitve Slave Act
This act required all citzens to help catch slaves. The people who helped slaves exscape risked fines and jail. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was novel written by Harriet Beacher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin was a best-seller of its time. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act created territories for Kansas and Nebraska. it also repealed the Missouri Compromise because it allowed popular soveriegnty* in the territory. *lets peole vote for slave or free state. -
Dredd Scott Decision
This decison ruled that slaves were not citizens so they could not legally go to court. It also said that he and his famil were property and can be taken anywhere in the country and remain slaved to their owners no matter if it was a free state or slave state. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry wasn an attempt to start an armed slave revolt. He was defeated by detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president. The results of this election showed that the nation was tired of compromise. -
South Carolina Secedes from Union
South Carolina was the first to secede from the union. This secession would later form the Confederate States of America.
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