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19th Century
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Missouri Compromise
missouri was going to become a slave state and maine was going to be free. It also prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line. -
Wilmot Proviso
Banned Slavery in the Mexican Cession.David Wilmlot was the author of this and with other whigs created the Republican party -
Compromise of 1850
It made California a free state, New Mexico a slave state, seperated Texas into 5 states, ban slave trade in Washington D.C and added new fugitive state law. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Created territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Popular Sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery ,opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. -
“Bleeding Kansas”
its called like that because of the violence and bloodshed between pro- and anti-slavery groups. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley -
Dred Scott Case
Case-Dred Scott sued for his freedom because his owner took him to free territory. The Supreme Court said he was still a slave, slaves were property, and the 5th amendment protected the right to own property. Any law banning slavery was therefore unconstitutional -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown and 18 men attacked the base. They were going to arm the slaves for a rebellion
Was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
