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Wilmot Proviso
This bill aimed to outlaw slavery in territories taken from Mexico. The bill passes in the House of Reresentitives but was defeated in the Senate thus causing a division in Congress. Although, not a success it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party -
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nation breaking apart
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Compromise of 1850
This was a series of congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free and slave states. This did not bring peace, tensions continued. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A law that established territories of Kansas and Nebraska decide and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery or not, turned Kansas into a battle ground for slavery.
