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Mexican-American war
zachary taylor leads US military to death in Santa Anna. then the treaty of Guadalupe which later starts the mexican cession -
Compromise of 1850
people vote on the issue of slavery. This leads a result to the Fugitive Slave Act which says a person to help a slave get away will pay a 10000 dollar fine -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this to emphasize the evil of slavery. From this a huge tension between north and south is started(north becomes very abolitionist, south grows defensive) -
Republican party
this party forms due to the opposition of the extensions of slavery into new territories -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Voting will decide the slavery issue in any state, cause ut can exist anywhere -
Bleeding Kansas
the popoular sovereignty over slavery causes violence. the voting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery move into kansas to vote -
Dred Scott vs.Sanford
the supreme court rules the missouri compromise unconstitutional and says slaves have no rights cause they are property -
Harpers Ferry
an abolitionist name John Brown attacks federal armory to make an attampt to start a slavery revolt. Later he is caught by Robert E Lee and hanged. Due to this strict slave codes are passed
