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Wilmont Proviso
This bill aimed to outlaw slavery in territories taken from Mexico. The bill passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate thus causing a division in Congress. Althoug, not a success it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party. -
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The Nation Breaking Apart
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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise Of 1850 a plan written by Stephan A. Douglas. This plan was written to keep the Union together. In the year of 1850 this plan become a law -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act came from the Popular Sovereignty Bill which stated that residents vote to decide an issue
