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Wilmot Proviso
The 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. Although, not a success it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party -
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Compromise of 1850
To please the North California would be admitted as a free state,and the slave trade would be accomplished in Washington D.C . To please the south , Congress would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico, and the congress would pass a strong law to help slave holders recapture runaway slaves. By the end of September ,Douglas succeeded, are the plans now known as the Compromise of 1850 , became law. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
If this bill passed,it would result in getting rid of the Missouri Compromise by allowing people to vote for slavery on territories
where the Missouri Compromise had banned it. People who had slavery were angered but it passed.
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas refers to the time between 1854-58 when the Kansas territory was the site of much violence over whether the territory would be free or slave. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 set the scene by allowing the territory of Kansas to decide for itself whether it would be free or slave, a situation known as popular sovereignty. With the passage of the act, thousands of pro- and anti-slavery supporters flooded the state. -
Caning of sumner
The Caning of Sumner was a historical event. The south looked at it like an a victory because he was disrespecting the south.The north looked at it as disrespecting the constition -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 also known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States . Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories and that, because slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court. urthermore, the Court ruled that slaves, as chattels or private property, could not be taken away from their owners without due process. -
Attack at Harpers Ferry
attack at Harpers Ferry was when John Brown and his men attacked the U.S. Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. An arsenal is a place where military weapons are stored. John Brown wanted to seize the arsenal because he thought by stealing weapons he could help free some slaves. He would get slaves and other abolitionists to begin a battle against slave owners. The Raid at Harpers Ferry became one of the causes of the Civil Wa -
Election of 1860
Four candidates were nominated. The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate in 1856, was opposed to the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the party's nominee in 1860, was seen as a moderate on slavery, but Southerners feared that his election would lead to its demise, and vowed to leave the Union if he was elected. -
Sesscession
Secession in the United States can refer to secession of a state from the United States, secession of part of a state from that state to form a new state, or secession of an area from a city or county.
The United States Supreme Court ruled unilateral secession unconstitutional while commenting that revolution or consent of the states could lead to a successful secession.
