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The Missouri Compromise
Maintains the balance of free and slave states in the Union -
Formation Of Free-Soil Party
Formed to oppose the extension of slavery in the west -
Compromise Of 1850
One new law that requires all Americans to help recapture slaves -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A novel written to show the evils of slavery, and the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Acts -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allows new territories to decide wether or not to permit slavery -
Formation Of Republic Party
Political party whith the goal to keep slavery out of the western territories -
Bleeding Kansas
When antislavery settlers fought proslavery settlers in a Gorrila Warfare -
Dred-Scott Case
A Supreme Court case when Dred Scott sued for his freedom, and lost; which brought the question of the federal power over slavery in the territories -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown planned to raid a federal arsonal to get an uprising of slaves and lead them in a revolt but then failed -
Election Of 1860
There was a debate on who was going to be president between the Noth and the South, and the North won with Lincoln