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missouri compromise
a compromise was finally made were maine would become a free state,missouri would become a slave state,and congress drew a imaginary line at 36' 30'.north of this line slavery was banned and south of this line slavery was allowed. -
wilmot proviso
The Wilmot Proviso, one of the major events leading to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future. -
caliornia statehood
On September 9, 1850, California was admitted as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise was actually a series of bills passed mainly to address issues related to slavery. -
Fugitive slave law
this law forced all people in the north to return all fugitives slaves back to the slaveholders.the north didnt enforce it at all -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was Harriet Beecher Stowe.one day she had a vision about slavery and decided to write it done.She got it published and northerners read it and finally made their desision about slavery. -
Kansas-nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
onsted manifesto
The Ostend Manifesto was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused. -
Charles Summer beaten
Charles Summer was beaten by Preston Brooks.Preston Brooks beat him because Summer was talking about anti-slavery.he almost beat him to death.north was mad south was happy. -
Raid on Lawrence Kansas
people in the south were not happy so they invaded the north.they burnt down homes and made terror though the streets.outrage went through the north and john brown wanted to do something about it. -
John Brown invades Pottawatomie, Kansas
john brown didnt like how the south invaded the north so he got a group together and tryed to invade them and kill them all. -
Dred scott decision
On March 6, 1857, in a small room in the Capitol basement, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
lincoln wanted no slavery and douglas want slavery so they had a big debate on slavery.lincoln lost and he will try again in the future -
harpers ferry raid
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry; in many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe-s.[1]) was an attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859 -
abraham lincoln elected president of united states
alot of people were split between this.he was aganist slavery.the south hated it. -
south carolina secedes
south carolina was the first sate to secede and to start the war. -
fort sumter attack
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil Wa
