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Missouri Compromise
To keep things equal in the United States, Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. 36-30 became the new line to decide future states -
Compromise of 1850
Because the Missouri compromise wasn't working they decided that future states would decide for themselves -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
A book about an African American the sacrifices himself to conceal the whereabouts of two slaves its Published. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
they let the people in those territories decide about slavery through popular sovereignty -
Dred Scott case
An African American man filed a lawsuit against his new owner because since he moved to the north he was free. he lost the case because the supreme court ruled that property cannot file lawsuits. -
John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry
John brown lead a group of people to raid federal warehouse. upon being caught he was sentenced to death -
Election of 1860
People in the south are mad that Abraham Lincoln won the election even after they took him off the ballot -
South Carolina secedes
Upon hearing that Lincoln had won the presidential election, south carolina seceded into become a slave state rather than a free state.