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Missouri Compromise
Congress proposed a solution that would satisfy both the North and South. This meant that they admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.- At the same time, Congress established a boundary to separate free and slave areas.
- In 1819, James Tallmadge proposed a plan to end slavery in that area but it was shut down.
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Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Southampton, Virginia that ended with the deaths of about 55 people; with a majority of them being white.- The Second Great Awakening was actually a major influence to Nat Turner when he decided to revolt.
- After the event, many people became suspicious of more revolts happening and they started to question slaves.
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Compromise of 1850
The compromise was a collection of 5 legislative acts that would help end the political feud over what states should be free or slave.- Washington D.C. banned slave trade.
- California became a free state.
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Fugitive Slave Act
This act forced slaves that were living in the North or South to either return back to their slave owners or be captured by force.
1.The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
2. It was part of the Compromise of 1850. Question: This created tension because the north would hide slaves we the south wanted them back. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book was a best-seller at it's time and was widely known for many accurate depictions of slavery which would go on to influence many abolitionist movements.
1.The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months.
2.So widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed the current citizens of both states to decide on whether they would allow slavery or ban it in their territories.
1. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north
2.After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters rushed in to settle Kansas
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Brooks Attacks Sumner
Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner with a cane for giving a speech that harshly called out slaveholders.
1. An abolitionist, in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely.
2.Sumner himself regarded the speech as the "most thorough philippic ever uttered in a legislative body."
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Abraham Lincoln is Nominated President
Abraham Lincoln is Nominated President, Lincoln's election for President was followed by South Carolina's succession from the Union. Its senators had resigned from Congress and several of the Southern states were looking to leaving it as well.
1)Lincoln argued against the spread of slavery.
2)while Douglas maintained that each territory should have the right to decide whether it would become free or slave.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This was a debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over issues America was facing at the time. This was to see who would be senate.
1.the debates had the format of each candidate being able to speak for 90 minutes.
2.Debating the issue of the survival of the union and the institution of slavery
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Bleeding Kansas
There was a violent altercation in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers over whether Kansas should become a slave state or free state.
1. Bleeding Kansas was finally ended by Lee's surrender.
2. Settlers would actually move to Kansas to help set the decision to their favor.
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Raid on Harper's Ferry
This was a revolt led by John Brown to overtake the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
1.Known for the murder of slaveholders in "Bleeding Kansas."
2.John Brown determined that he would free the slaves in Virginia by instigating a revolt.
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Election of 1860
United States presidential election of 1860, American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge,
1)The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate in 1856, was opposed to the expansion of slavery.
2)Southerners feared that his election would lead to its demise, and vowed to leave the Union if he was elected.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was an important battle in the war, with Lee's invasion of a northern state. Some 23,000 Union soldiers and over 20,000 Confederate soldiers were killed by the end of the third day.
1)Ten roads led into Gettysburg, which is a main reason that the battle was fought there
2) The Confederates were confident they would win the battle
This was the fight between the north and the south.
Question: This is the fight between the north and the south.
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