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Constitution is ratified
Everything is settled,the newly chosen government is ready to start a new beggining. -
3/5 compromise
The very first compromise of slaves. Each slave was counted as three fifths of one white person. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri compromise was a plan agreed upon by the United States Congress in 1820 to settle to debate over slavery in the Louisiana Purchase area. -
Laws to restrict slavery
Laws were passed to restrict the blacks. -
Introduction of Fugitive Slave Act
Senator, Henry Clay, brought the idea of a series of resolutions in an effort to request a compromise and avoid a crisis between the North and South. -
The Missouri compromise admits California as a free state
They finally decided that California should be a free state -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of a package of five laws that dealt with the issue of slavery. -
President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
When President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation he gave the slaves their freedom. Nine years later this amendment gave citizens of all races the right to vote. -
13th Amendment abolishes slavery
The thirteenth amendment abolishes slavery and involuntarily servitude, except as a punishment for a crime. No state shall deprive a person of life, liberty, and property. -
Everyone gets a free vote
The United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizento be denied the right to vote based on sex. So women finally have the right to vote and to be heard and treated as equal. -
twenty-second amendment
This amendment limits a president to two terms in office. No more than that.
