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Missouri Compromise
Congress decided Missouri would enter the United States as a slave state and Maine as a free state. They did this so the country would have an even number of slave and free states. This compromise banned slavery everywhere in the Louisiana Purchase North of 36 degrees 30' latitude. This helped lead America into a civil war because some people didn't agree with the decisions of this compromise. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
The event of Nat Turner and his followers killing at least fifty five white people on plantations. Nat Turner said he was led by God to do this. Nat Turner was hanged as an effect of this rebellion. This event helped lead America into a civil war because a slave killed many slaveowners. Killing all of these people showed both insanity and courage. -
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Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot's propposal to ban slavery in any land that might be gained from Mexico. Southerners protested and slaveowners were not happy. They thought the Wilmot Proviso was going to endanger slavery. This event helped lead America into a civil war because the North and South expressed their different beliefs to one another about slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay composed this compromise. It banned slave trade in Washington D.C., entered California as a free state, other territories would have no limits on slavery, and it would push for a stronger fugitive slave law. After debates in Congress, Stephen A. Douglas separated the compromise into voteable sections. These laws are known as the Compromise of 1850. This compromise helped America into a civil war because most people in the North didn't agree with having a stronger fugitive slave law. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This Act was made as a result of the Compromise of 1850. This law was made so runaway slaves would be returned to their owners. Many Northerners did not cooperate. This helped lead America into a civil war because Northerners did not like this Act produced by Henry Clay. The South didn't like the North not cooperating. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act "Bleeding Kansas"
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The Dred-Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave that moved to a free state with his family. After the husband died, the familuy moved back to a slave state. Dred Scott sued for his freedom. He claimed he should have freedom because he lived in the North before he came back to the South. The case went to the Supreme Court after eleven years. The judge decided he wouldn't be a free person. Abolitionists across America were furious. This helped lead America into a civil war because the abolitionists were outraged. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown was a slave. He gained the help of abolitionists to lead a raid on Harper's Ferry Arsenal. More than half of Brown's raid were killed by federal troops. Brown went into hiding, but was found later and hanged. This event helped lead America into a civil war because a slave and his raiding abolitionist army destroyed the arsenal's weapons and many of these men were killed. Both the South and the North were furious. -
Lincoln's Election
Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates. Thousands of people came to these seven debates they had. They mainly talked about slavery. Douglas won the election, but Lincoln was more well known after these debates. This helped lead America into a civil war because they were debating the subject of slavery. Slavery was not the only factor in the Civil war, but it was a main factor in it.
