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Missouri compromise
split the new states into a half-free slave and the other half a slave state. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Rebellion of African American group led by nat turner and was formed and killed 55-65 white slave owners -
Gold Rush in California
Gold was found in California by a man named James Marshall and after the news had spread many others came to California to indulge in the newly found material -
The Wilmot Proviso
an unsuccessful proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican American War -
Mexican-American War
was a war fought in the south for land and other resources in the states -
Harriett Tubman and Underground Railroad
This was an escape route for runaway slaves and Harriet Tubman was a big leader on getting slaves away. -
Compromise of 1850
California was admitted to the U.S a free state as well as new Mexico and Utah were now U.S states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
New law that required runaway slaves be returned to their masters -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
was a story written about slavery and the true depths of what slavery was and was broken down to the core. -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent border war over whether slavery should be legal in Kansas -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Banned slavery in the north and could be considered the setting point of North vs South in the civil war -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
fight for freed African Americans to be considered citizens and have natural human rights. -
Lincoln-Douglass Debates
Big debates over slavery and the influence on the American society -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
effort by abolitionist John Brown to start a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
S.C became the first state to secede from the Union after abe lincoln becomes the president -
Presidential Election of 1860
The election that Abraham Lincoln won and started the Lincoln era.