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Missouri Compromise
Kept the number of free states and slave states equal. -
Formation of Free-Soil Party
Their goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories -
Compromise of 1850
1) Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state
2)Divided the the rest of the Mexican Cession into the territories of Mexico and Utah
3)Ended slave trade in Washington , D.C.
4)Included a strict fugitive slave law
5)Settled a border dispute between Mexico and Texas -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A proposal that the Nebraska Territory be divided into two territories; Kansas and Nebraska -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to show the evils of slavery. -
Formation of the Republican Party
A gruop formed by Free-Soldiers, northern Democrats, and antislavery Whigs. -
Bleeding Kansas
A band of proslavery men raiding the antislavery town of Lawrence was the catalyst for turmoil between pro and anti slavery in Kansas; 200 people were killed -
The Dred Scott Case
A court ruling on a on a case that involved an enslaved man named Dred Scott, that caused further division of the North and South. -
John Brown's Raid
Brown led a group of his followers to Harper's Ferry, Virginia. There he planned a raid of a federal arsenal, and followed through with it. He was sentenced to death. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the election for the North against John Breckinridge for the Southerners.