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Missouri compromise
To keep the Senate equal Missouri became a slave state and Maine became free -
Fugitive Slave Act
California joined the U.S. and became a free state -
compromise of 1850
there was a line drawn between the north and south to ensure no problems -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
a campaign was started protesting slavery -
Kansa-Nebraska Act
The act introduced a government in the north-west part of the Louisiana purchase -
dred Scott event
Dred Scott vs Sandford
A case was held in front of the supreme court trying to abolish slavery -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
there were bloodshed divisions between slave and free states -
election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president and with that he abolished slavery -
South Carolina secedes
there was a lack of unity in south Carolina that was costly of democrats