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Wilmot Proviso
When David Wilmot proposed that any territory resulting from the Mexican-American War, was not going to be a slavery state. But the law never got passed. -
Compromise of 1850
A series of laws that were meant to end the disagreements between the pro and anti slavery people. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
The book is about a enslaved man who was treated cruelly by Simon Legree. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
People were allowed into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and could make them into a state. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
When John and his followers went to Pottawatomie Creek and killed five pro-slavery men, they were trying to get guns and give them t slaves so they can fight to. But they got caught before they could do that. -
Dred Scott Decision
When the U.S. Supreme Court didn't allow Dred Scott his freedom, even though he went to a free state. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided against itself can not stand"
Where Lincoln had his speech, he and Douglas were rivals even over a woman named Mary Todd. -
John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry
When John Brown and his follwers raided the Harper's Ferry. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
Lincoln was elected as the U.S. president. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina secedes from the United States, because they think they are trying to get them to stop slavery. -
Confederate States of America are Formed
When the eleven Southern states seceded, because the U.S. wouldn't make California a slave state. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter
They were trying to have them surrender, but they wouldn't so they tried starving them by surrounding the fort. They wouldn't so they fired.
