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Abolitionist Movement
this was a movement that tried to end slavery in the early united states -
The Annexation of Texas and California
The annexation of Texas was when the united states took Texas from Mexico, which led to the Mexican-American war after which we got the territory of California. -
The Mexican-American war
war between Mexico and America after the annexation of Texas because the Americans thought it was their manifest destiny to get that land and more. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
this treaty was singed to end the Mexican-American war and set the boundaries for the united states and Mexico. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This bill made it to where the slaves that would run away to free states must be returned to they’re master if found -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose to be a free or slave state, this caused sectional tension as pro and anti-slavery advocates tried pushing their influence in the territories, further polarizing the people which lead to bleeding Kansas. -
Bleeding Kansas
Small and violent confrontation between free states and slave states over the popular sovereignty in Kansas this would be one major cause in the civil war. -
Lincoln (Republican) Douglas (Democrat) Debates
A series of debates in 1858 between Republican candidate Lincoln and Democratic candidate Douglas, they debated over the issue of slavery which only divided people further in their beliefs on the issue, helping to further sectionalism -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Republican Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, this contributed to the civil war as he was opposed to slavery in the south and the south felt that in order to keep slavery they should secede from the union and no longer be under his rule thus causing the civil war
