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missouri compromise
.missouri became a slave state
.maine is a free state
.36 30 line -
wilmot proviso
banned slavery in mexican territories aquired by mexico. -
dred scott decision
the supreme court ruled that dred scott was not free while he was in the north with his owner because he is meer property which cant be taken by a person -
california statehood
when california became a free state -
fugitive slave law
law that stated if slaves ran away to the north the northerners had to return them to their owners -
uncle tom's cabin published
A writer saw a slave named uncle tom whipped to death but before he died he forgave the white man. -
onsted manifesto
the reson for U.S to purchase cuba from spain -
Kansas nebraska act
slavery is decided by popular vote -
Raid on Lawrence, Kansas
when an abolitionist group attacked Lawrence which was the slave capital of kansas. -
Charles Sumner beaten
when senator preston brooks beat charles sumner for speaking against slavery -
john brown invades pottowatamie kansa
john brown and his company of free state volunteers murdered five men settled along the pottawatomie creek in southeastern kansas -
lincoln-douglas debate
they debated over slavery problems -
harpers ferry raid
when john brown took over the arsenal in harpers ferry and tried to inspire a slave revolt -
abraham lincoln elected president of the united states
when abraham lincoln became the 16th president of the U.S. -
south carolina secedes
south carolina secedes because lincoln became president -
fort sumnter attack
the first battle of the civil war
