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Isaac Hopper begins to help fugitive slaves escape from slavery. -
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The Tariff of 1816 was the first tariff to be passed by Congress to protect U.S. manufactured goods. -
The Court ruled the case in favor of Mcculloch, putting federal power above state power and rights.
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The Missouri Compromise granted Missouri statehood as a slave state while simutlaneously admitting Maine as a free state
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The 'Tariff of Abominations' was passed, and was disliked by Southern people. They hated it because it made all prices go higher.
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Nat Turner leads a Slave Rebellion against the whites.
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The Compromise of 1850 settled border disputes between Texas and New Mexico, made California a free state, made New Mexico a 'no slave restrictions' state, and banished the slave trade in Washington D.C.
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The Fugitive Slave Acts which required Northern citizens to help find and return runaway slaves was passed.
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The book Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
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The Kansas Nebraska act opened up the Kansas and Nebraska territories to the west, while introducing the idea of popular sovereignity.
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The abolitionist town Lawrence is sacked.
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The Dred Scott vs. Sandford Court Case ruled in favor of Sandford, and Dred lost. -
John Brown leads 18 men on a raid to Harper's Ferry, but are quickly defeated.
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The period known as bleeding kansas was ended by the start of the civil war.
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The Civil War ends and all slaves are freed.