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fugitive slave act
aw enacted as a part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage -
copromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a series of conretional measures intended to settle disagreements between slave states and free states. -
harriet breecher stowe
harriet breecher created a novel called uncle toms cabin the bistowed the hardships of slavery and she was given the name "the little lady that started the big war" -
political party splits
whig party splits into two parts north and south,south whigs are pro slavery and northerns oppose the fugitive slave act -
kansas nebraska act
The Kansas Nebraska act established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and gave the people the right to vote for if they wanted the state as a slave state or as a free state. -
bleeding kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent events that involved anti- slavery, free staters, and pro slavery. -
raid on harpers ferry
a band of followers seized a federal arsenal at harpers ferry ina attepmt to arm slaves.southers came to belive that it was proof that the north inteded to wage war agisnt them and exterminate the white southerners. -
election of abraham linclon
presdient abraham linclon was elected southers feared the slavery would be abolished -
fort sumter
confederate forces demanded the surrender of the fort when the forst leading cammander denied there request they opened fire on the fort causeing war.
