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The Missouri compromise
the Missouri compromise was passed which aims to maintain the balance between the free and slave states -
Nat Turners Rebbellion
a slave revolt that leads to heightened tensions between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates. they were revolting because Nat was enslaved who believes he was chosen by God to lead the rebellion against the institution of slavery. -
The Mexican-American war
was a conflict between Mexico and the United States. It started because of disputes over the border between Texas. it was later fought and ended with the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo in which Mexico ceded a large portion of its territory to the United States. CA, NV, UT, AZ, CO, WY, NM -
The compromise of 1850
the compromise is placed as an attempt to address the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories. it aimed to maintain the balance of between the free and slave states. it was a temporary solution that attempted to ease tensions between the north and the south, but it failed. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
it was a law that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not, it essentially repealed the Missouri Compromise. it intensified the divisions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions this led to the bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott decision
the Dred Scott decision was a landmark supreme Court case that ruled that enslaved African Americans were not considered citizens, it also declared that congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories further grew tension between the North and the South -
Abraham Lincolnn election
it caused states to secede from the country, it was seen as a threat to the south which rose tensions between the north and the south due to Abe Lincoln's ant-slavery stance it was the final thing before the war happened