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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise made Missouri join as a slave state, but made Maine join as a free state to keep the balance. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner, a slave, rebelled with followers, and killed almost 60 white people. -
The Wilmot Proviso
Proposed that any territory acquired from Mexico had to be free.(not owning slaves) -
Mexican-American War
War between the United States and Mexico started over land disputes. America won, and forced Mexico to give away half their territory. -
Gold Rush in California 1848-1849
Gold discovered in California caused many to come looking for gold. They became known as the "forty-niners" -
Harriett Tubman and Underground Railroad
Harriett Tubman escaped slavery into Philadelphia. She then helped with the underground railroad to help more slaves escape -
Compromise of 1850
California wanted to join as a free state which could cause an imbalance between free and slave states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Act passed to force slaves that have escaped north to be returned to their slave owners in the south. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
Novel against slavery that became very influential leading up to the civil war. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Rid of the Missouri Compromise resulting in popular sovereignty -
Bleeding Kansas
People came to Kansas and started killing each other to sway votes -
Dred Scott V. Sanford
SCOTUS case ruling that slaves were not citizens, therefore, they receive no protection from the government. -
Lincoln-Douglass Debates
Debate between Stephen A. Douglass and Abraham Lincoln about slavery -
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown wanted to start a abolitionist movement by capturing the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. -
Presidential Election of 1860
Lincoln V. Douglass election. Lincoln won -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
After a republican victory in the election, South Carolina assumed that slavery would be removed. This caused South Carolina to secede from the United States.