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Antebellum
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Fuitive Slave Act
A law with the Compromise of 1850, designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage. -
Compromise of 1850
the compromise of 1850 was a series of laws intended to settle disagreements between slave states and free states. The slaves sattes considered all of these unfair as well. -
The Undergound Railroad
The underground railroad was a system of routes that helped run away slaves escape to canada or to safe areas in free states. This angered the slave owners of the south. -
UncleToms Cabin
It was a book written by Harriet Stowe that showed the slavery was not a political message, but was a great moral evil. This book showed what slaves really went through. -
Political Party Splits
The Whig party splits into 2 parts: The North and the South. The Northern Whigs were opposed to the fugitive slave act, while the southern whigs were both pro- slavery and pro- union -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave whos master brought him to Illinois to live as a free slave for a time. Because Scott had lived in a free territory, he believed he should be free. He sued the federal court for his freedom, and then appealed to the Supreme court. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska act established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and gave the people the right to vote for if they wanted the state as a slave state or as a free state. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent events that involved anti- slavery, free staters, and pro slavery. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown led a band of 21 men, both black and white, and led them into Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where he started a slave uprising and killed and held many citizens hostage. -
Election Of 1860
The election of 1860 is when Lincoln won presidency. Lincoln did not recieve popular vote, but still won. He had support from the North and the South.
