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Wilmot Proviso
It was a policy that said that said that any land that was gained in the Mexican-American War would be free land. The policy didn’t end up passing. -
Compromise of 1850
A series of 5 laws that were based on Clay’s proposals. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
Lincoln ran against Stephen Douglas and John Bell. He only got 40% of the popular vote but he got the majority of the electoral votes and won the election. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
It was a book about a man that was enslaved and was abused to tell people about slavery. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas wanted land west of Illinois threw the Nebraska territory. The states would be free states. It passed. -
John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
He murdered 5 pro-slavery men and boys. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a man that was a slave and his master took him to a free state to work for him. Then he took it to judges and they said that he was not free even though he was in a free state. So if your master moves from a slave state to a free one, you have to go with them and you they not free. -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself cannot stand."
7 debates. All about slavery in the western states. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
When John Brown went to Harpers Ferry and attacked the town and seized guns. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
They were mad that Lincoln won the election they didn’t think that they had a voice in the government so they decided to secede from the Union. -
Confederate States of America are formed
When some of the states decided that they didn’t want to be part of the union. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
They wouldn’t give up the fort so they stopped sending foods and then they started firing and then the war started.
