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The Mexican War ended
The Mexican War ended and America gained new western teritories such as Utah and New Mexico and made them states. Now the question was are they going to be a Free state or a slave state? They turned out to be free states.! -
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Top 9 events leading to the CIvil War
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Fugitive slave act
Slave was to make sure that any person that saw a runaway slave would be aressted and taken back to its plantation. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Was Published
This book was published to show th north the struggles and horrors of the slave life. written by Harritet Beecher Stowe. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas shocked many northerners because of the facct that mans Kansasans were killing wach other whether a state was a slave state or not. -
Charles Summner attacked
Charles Summner as attacked by Preston after giving a speech against pro slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott A slave had lost a case because he believed that he should be free in a free state but the jury didnt that way so he was kept a slave. -
Lecompton Constitution Rejected
The Pro slave citizen supported by President JAmes Burchanan tried to push the constitution to aprove of Kansas being a slave state but there was enough oppisition the Kansas became a free state. -
John Brown Raided Harper's Ferry
John Brown was a very violent abolinsntist that was for a ver violent slave uprising he took very many captured weapons and took down buildings but soon failed and he was tried and hanged for treason. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected as Presisdent
When Abraham Lincoln became presdient he passed and act tat said that no new territoires would became slave states that would be added to the United States
