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Seperation of the Nation

By nissakaminski

  • The Missouri Act

    This was an act that made an even number of pro-slavery states and anti-slavery states.
  • Samuel F.B Morse invents the telegraph

    Samuel F.B Morse invents the telegraph

    This was a device that let people send messages by using wires and codes. They were strung over railroad tracks, this was an advantage the North had over the South.
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    Separation of the Nation

  • The Great Compromise of 1850

    The Great Compromise of 1850

    Five things happened in this compromise.
    1 California would become a free state.
    2 New Mexico and Utah would decide their own fate regauarding slavery.
    3 Congress would get rid of the sale of enslaved indivuals in Washington DC.
    4 Slavery would remain legal in Washington DC
    5 Implemeting a Fugitive Slave Law, in which all the people in the US have to assist in the recovery of escaped slaves from their owners; and denying jury trials to escaped slaves.
  • Franklin Pierce becomes president.

    Franklin Pierce becomes president.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin was published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin was published

    This was a book about a female slaves life during the Pre-Civil war era. This book had a very big impact on the nation.
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act

    This was letting states decide their own fate of slavery.
  • Cannibals All! Was published

    Cannibals All! Was published

    This was a book that was the opposite of Unlce Toms Cabin. The author reffered to Northern industrialists as no better than cannibals.
  • The Civil War Begins.

    The Civil War Begins.

    The civil war was the war between the North and South...