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Wilimot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War -
Compromise of 1850
the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kansas Nebraska act
was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. 1854 -
John Browns massacre at pottawotomie creek
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Dred Scott
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Lincoln - Douglas Debate
a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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 -
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 -
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. James Buchanan, the United States president, declared the ordinance illegal but did not act to stop it. -
Confederate states of america are formed
representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to formally establish a unified government, which they named the Confederate States of America. -
Confederate Troops Fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13.
