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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise kinda lowered tension between the North and South. The North was doing there thing and the South was doing there thing. -
Wilmot Proviso
This rasied tension between the North and the South. To appeases the North this bill proposed making all land won from Mexico free. Southern congressmen angrily blocked the bill from becoming law. -
Mexican and American War
The war rose tension between the North and the South. The North saw the was as a Southern Conspiracy to create more slave states. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 lowered tension. North received California it became a free state. The rest of the new land was divided into two territories that would deiced on slavery using popular sovereignty. -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law raised tension between the North and the South. It forced Northerners to aid slave catchers, and blacks were falsely identified as runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published
This riased tenison between the North and the South. Northereners who had been indifferent toward skavery began to hate slavery. The south banned the book calling it lies. This divided the North and South way more. -
Republican Party Forms
Raised tension between the North and the South. Southerners saw republicans in the North as a threat to slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act raised tension between the North and South. Northern's were furious that slavery could now expand above the 36 30 line. Northern's and Southerns moved to Kansas fighting to control it, and the political parties split over the issue. -
California Gold Rush
It raised tension between the North and the South. California was growing so much that they deiced they wanted to be a free state. -
Charles Sumner caned in the Senate
This raised tenison between the North and the South. The North was outraged and the South was happy. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
The Dred Scott vs. Sandford raised tension between the North and the South. North Republicans and abolitionists were angry that slavery could legally spread west. Southerners loved the ruling. -
John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry
John's Brown's Raid at Henry Ferry raised tension between the North and the South. The North thought he was a hero but the South feared more northern conspiracies to attack slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
This raised tension between the North and the South. When Abraham Lincoln became President the South didn't like it. They called him a black republican. They felt that he was a threat to slavery. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
This raised tension between the North and the South. The South felt like since the fort was in their territory it was theirs, but no. They bombed the fort and capture it. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas raised tension between the North and the South. Kansas had a Civil War between the abolitionist and slave owners, popular sovereignty failed b/c people in Kansas could not agree over slavery. -
Southern states begin to secede
When the South deiced to secede it raised tension between the North and South. The South thought the government was begin to strong so they left. The South didn't want slavery to end so bad that they deiced to create their own country.
