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Wilmot Proviso
Proposal of a bill that would ban slavery for the Mexican Territory that U.S. would get from the war. Slavery supporters believed it was an attack on slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
A compromise that pleased the North and the South. Over a certain line states can become slave states. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by anti slavery people, about slavery and what it was like to be a slave. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It allowed Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide by themselves if they wanted slavery within their borders. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
Murder of five men along the Pottawatomie Creek by an antislavery party led by an abolitionist named John Brown. -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave named Dred Scott lived in a free state and was suing the court because he had his freedom because he lived in a free state while they say he is not free because he was a slave and is an African American. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
A series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, the main thing that they debated about was slavery in the United States. They were trying to gain control of the Illinois General Assembly for their respective parties. -
John Brown's Raid at Virginia
John Brown was an antislavery settler that led men (his own sons) to murder 5 pro-slavery men. John Brown is arrested and is hanged for treason. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected president
He was a new Republican leader and gained national attention in 1858 when he lost to Douglas during debate, he then ran for president and got a lot of votes from the North and winning the election. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
They were the first slave state in the south to secede from the union because they were afraid Lincoln would free their slaves. They did so they could keep their way of life, that was in fact based on slavery. -
Confederate States are formed
Representatives from 6 seceded states came together and met in Montgomery, Alabama and established a unified government called The Confederate States of America. States joined South Carolina to form a new country, the Confederate States of America. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter
Confederates demanded surrender of Fort Sumter but they refused so the confederates then opened fire. This leads to Civil War.
