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The Compromised of 1850
The same man who had helped settle the Missouri crises of 1819-20 and the nullification crises of 1832-33 now stepped forward with another plan iof compromise. -
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Wilmot Proviso
The house, which had a northern majority, approved the proviso, died in the Senate, where the South had more power. -
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The Free-Soil Party
In August 1848 in Buffalo, New York, they formed the Free-Soil Party. -
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The Calofornia Question
Shortly after the election of 1848, outgoing president James K. Polk announced that gold had been discovered in California. -
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The Fugitive Slave Act
the fugitive slave act made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves and allowed them to be arrested even in areas where slavery was illegal. -
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
In January 1854 Douglas introduced what became the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories-Kansas and Nebraska. -
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New political Parties
Political unrest led some Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilders, and abolitionist to join together and form the Republican Party. -
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Bleeding Kansas
In May 1856 a pro-slavery grand jury indicated the leaders of the free-soil government for treason. -
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The Lincoln-Doulgas Debates
In the debates held across illinois, Lincoln stressed that the central issue in the campaign involved slavery adn its future in the West. -
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The Dred Scott Decision
In the 1830s Emerson had taken Scott with him on tours of duty in illinois adn the northern part of the Louisana Purchase. -
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The Raid on Harper Ferry
On the nighty of October October 16, 1859, John Brown's raid began as Brown and his men entered Harpers Ferry, Virgina, a town on the Potomac River about 50 miles northwest of Washington. -
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The Election of 1860
Politicans and editors across the South, associating the Replublican victory in the election would mean disunion.