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Missouri Compromise
The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to make Missouri a slave state on .It was the first serious political clash between slavery and antislavery.Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.In 1854, it was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Picture: This is a primary source about the Missouri compromise -
Wilmot Proviso
It was designed to eliminate slave within the land acquired as the result of the mexican war.
Soon after the war began, President James K. Polk sought the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to negotiate the terms of a treaty.August 8, 1846 Picture:
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Compromise of 1850
It consisted of laws admitting california as a free state, creating utah and new mexico territories with the question of slavery in each be determined by the popular sovereign.
It defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War January Picture:
This is a letter from John Quince Adams to William Plummer during the compromise of 1850 -
Fugitive Slave Act
Laws that allowed for the capture and return of a runaway slave in the territory of united states.
the first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight. Picture:
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
It was a book that changed forever how americans viewed slavery. The book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it was published on March 20,1852 Picture: this is a primary document about the uncle tom's cabin -
Kansas Nebraska Act / Bleeding Kansas
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. Picture: this picture is a primary source about the kansas/nebraska act -
Dred Scott Case
It was about Dred Scott arguing that he should be free because he lived in a free state before he lived in a slave state. Dred Scott ended up losing the case and he did not become a free slave. This event happened on March 6,1857 Picture: this picture is a primary source about the dred scott case -
lincoln douglas debate
It is about lincoln and douglas competing against each other to run for senate, they were arguing about slavery lincoln opposed slavery and douglass wanted to spread slavery.THis event happened on Picture:
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John Brown’s Raid
On October 16, 1859, John Brown took his 5 sons with him to free slaves but his sons got killed he got captured and was later hang in public. Picture: this is a primary source about john Browns raid -
Lincoln’s Election of 1860
The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Southern Democratic candidates:
John C. Breckinridge, Vice President from Kentucky
Daniel S. Dickinson, former Senator from New York
Republican candidates:
Abraham Lincoln, former representative from Illinois
Simon Cameron
Salmon P. Chase, Governor of Ohio Lincoln won the presidency. Picture: this is a primary source about lincoln election -
Southern Secession
This applies to the battle of the outbreak of the civil war. It was one of the first battles of the civil war Picture:
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