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3/5 compromise
at the constitutional convention it was agreed that every 3 out of 5 slaves would count towards representation in congress . Helps lead to the civil war because as states were added debabte over free states v. slaves states increased -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise seemed to solve the problem by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, keeping the number of free and slave states equal
divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into slave and free territory -
Compromise
balance between slave states and free states which only postponed the slavery compromise -
Fugitive slave act
law goes on until after the beginning of the Civil War . It was not until June 28, 1864, that both of the Fugitive Slave Acts were officially void by an act of Congress. -
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Finished The book Uncle Toms Cabin -
Fredrick Douglass Speech
his speech was mostly about how african americans should be treated like whites on fourth of july. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
led to bleeding nebraska -
Supreme Court: Dred Scott v. Sandford
slaves weren't entitled to rights of a federal citizens and it caused the civil war -
Secession of Southern States
the dividing of some states from slaves and free states -
Lincoln’s Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln became president at a time when the United States looked sure to split apart over the issue of slavery. Learn more about what he said about this problem in his First Inaugural Speech and why he hoped that it would help keep the country from descending into a civil war.
