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Wilmot proviso
Who: David Wilmot and congress When:1846-1850 What: a proviso that outlawed slavery. Where: the southest and part of California Why: For slavery to be spreaded all throughout the south. -
Compromise of 1850
Who: Henry nod Stephen Douglas.
When: 1850
Where: part of the north
What: this is about the expansion of slavery in the south
Why: the north started to takes,ages from the south -
Fugitive slave act
Who: congressmen and southern slave holders.
When:September 18,1850
Where: congress
What:police were acting like slave catchers to capture slaves
Why: there was a lot of run away slaves and the wanted to catch them all. -
Kansas Nebraska act
Who: senator Stephen Douglas.
When: 1851
Where: Kansas and Nebraska
What: Kansas and Nebraska were opened for the expansion of slavery.
Why: They wanted popular sovereignty to figure out if they wanted slavery in there borders. -
Bleeding kansas
Who: Congress men and pro and anti slavery agitators.
When-1854-1861
Where: Kansas
What:bleeding Kansas was like a small battle with little bloodshed but the violence shocked nod troubled the nation.
Why: the Kansas Nebraska act started this. -
Dred Scott v Sanford
Who: Dred Scott and congress
When: 1857
Where: Supreme Court
What: Dred Scott sued for his freedom and his rights.
Why.scott was tired of being enslaved he wanted to be free. -
Lincoln Douglas debates
Who: Stephen a. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
When:1858
Where: Illinois
What: it was a series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
Why:Abraham Lincoln was a abolitionist and Stephen Douglas didn't even care. -
Missouri
