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The Missouri Compromise of 1820
admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
The compromise of 1850
¨ Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South¨ -
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
this act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. -
Uncle Toms Cabin 1851
Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
POTTOWATOMI CREEK KILLINGS (1856)
¨the murder of five men from a proslavery settlement on Pottawatomie Creek, Franklin county, Kan., U.S¨ -
Dred Scott Decision of 1857
argument to whether the Congress had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate of 1858
series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the U.S , Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate -
Raid on Harpers Ferry 1859
where John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. This was an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery. -
Election of 1860
demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War.