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Period: to
19th centry
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missouri compermice 1820
Missouri: slave state
Maine: free state
36’30” Line: Free Above; Slave Below -
Wilmot Proviso (mid-1840’s)
Banned Slavery in the Mexican Cession
free state -
Compromise of 1850
California: free state
New Mexico: slave state
Texas could be separated into 5 other states
Ban Slave Trade in Washington DC
New Fugitive Slave Law -
fugitive slave law
• Fugitive Slave Law-required all citizens to help catch runway slaves anyone who didn’t was either fined or put in prisoned . -
popular sovereignty
• Popular Sovereignty-when one side is more powerful than the other and is favored by the people. -
kansas nabraska act
Kansas-Nebraska Act- Created territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Popular Sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery. -
vocabulary
Bleeding Kansas”/there was problems with anti-slavery and pro-slavery and forced Kansas to fight against each other and that’s why people named it ‘’bleeding Kansas. • Republican Party-the Whigs and democrats joined together to form one new party that was called the Republican Party they were determined to end slavery. • Dred Scott Case-Dred Scott sued him his freedom because his owner took him up there and ruled for his master. • Lincoln vs. Douglas-both men were running for president but -
border ruffians
• Border Ruffians-people from Missouri traveled to Kansas carrying weapons and became known as border ruffians.