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Journey to Civil War
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Missouri Compromise
A line that was supposed to decide whether slavery would be allowed in certain territories or not. -
Wilmot Proviso
Plan to stop the spread of slavery into the territories won from Mexico. -
Free Soil Party
Party formed by Northerners who wanted to discuss the issue of slavery -
Compromise of 1850
o California enters as Free State.
o Area from Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico. Slavery issue to be decided by POPULAR SOVEREIGNTRY.
o ENDED slave trade in Washington D.C.
o Made a STRICT Fugitive Slave Law.
o Settled border problems between New Mexico and Texas. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Law that Required citizens to catch runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
written to show the EVILS of slavery by telling the story of an older slave who was whipped to death by his owner -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divided Kansas and Nebraska -
Pottawatomi Creek Killings
• Because of the violence going on in Kansas, John Brown and four of his sons, decide to take law into their own hands. -
Dred Scott Decision
• The Court ruled he was NOT a citizen but RATHER property and therefore he could not file a lawsuit.
