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Slavery Divides the nation
Made by Zach Brockman -
The Missouri Compromise
A federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territories. -
Formation of Free-Soil Party
A short lived political party that was a response to the growing split between pro- and anti-slavery movements in the United States. -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A anti-slave book that some say started off the Civil war -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A law that let settelers pick if they wanted slaves in their borders or not -
Formation of Republican Party
A new party formed to stop slavery and spred equal rights -
Bleeding Kansas
Political confrontations vs anti slaves and pro slave 'border ruffians) There was much fighting and some people were shot -
Dred-Scott Case
A slave who thought he could have freedom becaus eof the the time he spend in states were slavery was not aloud. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the smal town his plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. He would seize the arms and ammunition arm slaves in the area and move south along the Appalachian Mountains -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th presidential election. The election was on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, was a big part of the Civil War starting