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Missourri Compromise
Missourri joined the US as slave state Maine turn into a free state
No slavery allowed above the 36’ 30” line. -
Fugitive Slave Act
All citizens to help catch runaway slaves. Anyone who don’t helped could be fined or put in jail. -
Compromise of 1850
California came as a free state. Henry Clay, a Senator, proposes: California is as a free state, ban slave trade, but not slavery, in Washington D.C. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Book that Showed slavery a cruel and brutal system. 300,000 copies sold. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dropped the Missouri Compromise! Let people decide if they want slavery or not. Being above 36”30’ line, they would be free states. -
Bleeding Kansas
1,000s of Proslavery Border Ruffians crossed from Missouri into Kansas to illegally vote. Senate and president backed proslavery forces. House backed antislavery forces. -
The Caning of Charles Sumner
Rep. Preston Brooks, Butler’s distant cousin, attacked Sumner with a cane, beating him senseless -
Dred Scott Decision-
Scott sued for his freedom, saying that he should be free since he lived twice on free soil. -
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas run for senator -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
Col. Robert E. Lee came and put an end to the insurrection. John Brown wounded but captured. Sentence: Death by hanging on Dec. 5. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge John Bell, run for president. -
Firing on Fort Sumter-
Low on supplies, Pres. Jefferson ordered the fort attacked and taken before supplies arrived. Pres. Lincoln calls for troops to fight for the Union. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas drop out. -
The South Secedes
Dec.1860-Feb.1861 Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had drop out of US.
