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Missouri Compromise
Where Henry Clay made a line that decided whether a state would be slave or free. Made the number of slave and free states even. -
Nat Turner rebellion
A slave rebellion in virginia
Led by Nat Turner
Rebel slaves killed 55 to 65 people -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina felt they were being targeted by big taxes
South Carolina was upset about paying more money for items they needed
Andre Jackson thought nullification would set a dangerous precedent and would cause the country to fall apart -
Fugitive Slave Act
If a slave was caught it would be taken to court to see if it was free or a slave
The judge would decide
The judge would get more money if he decide the black person was a slave -
Compromise of 1850
California joined as a free state
Slave trade was ended in DC
2 new territories were created
There was a strict law for runaway slaves -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and opened the land to white settlers
Voided the Missouri Compromise line by allowing settlers in the territories to decide on the question of slavery through Popular sovereignty -
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Bleeding Kansas
A senator was beaten so bad that he could not go back to the senate for 3 years
Proslavery and antislavery
To decide if Kansas was going to be a free state or a slave state -
Brooks attacks sumner
Senator Charles Sumner gave a speach
Senator Preston Brooks didnt like what the speach talked about
Brooks attacked sumner with his cane -
Dred scott decision
Dred scott thought he should be free because he lived in a free territory for muliple years.
Judge said that he was a slave and couldn't be free -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
7 debates between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
The point was to get the political parties to win control of the Illonis legistration -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Lead by John Brown
Purpose was to steal weapons from the armory and give them to slaves
Wanted to free slaves -
Elecction of 1860
Only Stephen Douglas ran a national campaign
In 10 states you were not allowed to vote for lincoln
Democratic party split based on sectionalism into two with separate candidates
Abraham Lincoln Won the election
South Carolina seceded -
South Carolina Secession
South Carolina left the U.S because Abraham Lincoln was elected president
Was the first state to leave the U.S
