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Miss Comp. of 1850
Gold discovered in California quickly get 60,000 people, apply for statehood.
The Missouri Compromise. Line stops at Calif.
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Events Leading to The Civil War
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Kansas Nebraska Act
Wanted a Northern Rail Road route but needed Southern Support. -
Bleeding Kansas
Fights break out as people vote for slave or free. Northerners and Southerners sneak into Kansas to cheat and vote. -
Sumner Brooks Incident
N. senator spoke poorly of a S. Senator, (Butler) while arguing against the expansion of slavery.
Butlers cousin (brooks) beat sumner on senate floor -
Dread Scott vs Sandford
Slaves are property, so they have no right to sue. Chief Jus. Roger Taney -
John Brown's Raid
He raided Harper's Farry, because he wanted to abolish slavery.
