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The American Colonization Society Forms
People: Henry Clay, John Randolph, Richard Blandlee
Free African Americans. -
Missouri Compromise
Prohibitted slavery in the former Louisiana terriory -
The American Antislavery Society Forms
People: Wiliam Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan
Abolitionist society -
The Liberty Party Forms
A minor political party. It broke away from the American Anti-Slavery Societey. -
The Mexican-American War starts
An armed conflict between America and Mexico in the wake of the anexxion of Texas which Mexico considered to be part of itself. -
Wilmot Proviso
One of the major events leading up to the civil war. Would have banned slavery in any territory belonging to Mexico in the future Mexican war. -
California Gold Rush
People: James W. Marshall
Where: Sutter's Mill, Colma, California
A very wealthy period of time in the circumstances of gold -
The Free Soil Party Forms
A short-lived political party that consisted of former anti slavery members of the whig party -
The Compromise of 1850
People: Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas
A package of 5 bills, september -
The Dred Scott decision
Scott and his wife were illegally held as slaves, and they held a trial to hopefully gain their freedom. They did NOT gain their freedom after their efforts. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
An anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Becheer Stowe. Best selling novel of the 19th century. Showed people what slavery was really like, with the hope of turning more people against it. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Created the terriotories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement. -
The Sumner-Brooks Affair
Sumner was beated mercilessly with a gold-tipped cane, and Brooks only stopped when his cane shattered, then he walked calmly out. -
The Lincoln-Douglas debates
A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and senator Stephen Douglas. They were trying to win control of the Illinois legislature. -
The Election Of 1860
A quaddrenial election. With the outbreak of slavery, and the division of the states.
