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Missouri Compromise 1820
Where we divided our nation in half between the South and the North and it signified which states were slave and which were free. -
Compromise of 1850
When people rushed to California because they thought there was a lot of gold, most of them didn't get there in time and went bankrupt. So they decided to stay there and they made California a state. But there was one question. Will California be a slave state of free state? They decided California would be free but all runaways that fled to California would have to be returned. -
Kansas/Nebraska Act
Senator Stephan A. Douglas wanted there to be a Northern Rail Road but the South needed to support him. -
Bleeding Kansas
Fights break out as people vote for slave or free states.
Northerners and Southerners sneak into Kansas to cheat and vote. -
Sumner - Brooks Incident
Northern senator (Sumner) spoke poorly of a Southern senator, (Butler) while ruing against the expansion of slavery.
Butler's cousin (Brooks) beat Sumner on the Senate floor. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown fought against slavery supporters because he thought it was wrong. He believed he was sent by God to end slavery. He then went from house to house slaughtering people because he accused them of slavery
