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Wilmot Proviso
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Compromise of 1850
Allowed the United States to expand its territory by accepting California as a state. A territory rich in gold, agricultural products and other natural resources would create wealth and enrich the country as a whole. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
Is about a book on the day of the life of a slave. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north. -
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John Brown's Massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
They were fighting about slavory. They led seven men to a proslavery settlement. There they murdered five proslavery men and boys. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dread Scott was a slave who got set free and while he was set free he went to court to fight for his freedom but, when he got there they told him he shouldn't even be here and this was dismissed because blacks aren't citizens so they can't represent in court -
Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand
He didn’t want the country to disagree about slavery. He wanted the country to decide to be a slave country or not. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Confederate States of America are formed
A group of southern states that separated from each other to create their own political country -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
The U.S Army refused to leave and other troops came and opened fire on the fort. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected as a Republican President
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates.
