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Wilmot Proviso
He proposed a bill that would ban slavery for the Mexican territory that U.S. would get from the war. Slavery supporters believed that it was an attack on slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
California committed to the Union as a free state. They banned the slave trade in Washington D.C. That is how the pleases the North. Congress would have no power over regulating slaves in the southern countries. Southern states were allowed to create a tough slave law. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
It was written Anti slavery person about slavery and how it is bad and it shouldn’t be allowed. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery between their borders. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
It was a murder of 5 men along the Pottawatomie Creek by an antislavery party led by an abolitionist named John Brown -
Dred Scott Decision
Blacks weren’t allowed to be citizens and he was living in a free territory and they still said he was a slave. He then went to curt and sued but the court said that blacks aren’t allowed to sue because they didn’t have citizenship. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."
It was a series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. They mostly debated about slavery with the United States. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
He was an anti - slavery person that led 5 men to murder people that wanted slavery. He was arrested. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
He was a new republican leader and he lost in debate against Douglas. He then went for president and won the election with the most votes from the North. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
Abraham Lincoln became president and they were scared that he would take away slavery. -
Confederate States of America are formed
It was referred to as Confederacy state in the South. It was an unrecognized country in North America. 6 states came together and talked about it and came up with the name Confederate States of America -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina_
Confederate soldiers told the U.S. army to leave fort Sumter, but they refused so confederate soldiers opened fire and that kept happening until they surrendered. That then started the Civil War.
