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Slavery and States' Rights

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they wanted to be a free state or slave state.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    African Americans were not citizens, and therefore they could not sue in court.
  • Secession Convention

    Secession Convention
    Ignored Sam Houston and organised a secession to meet on February 1st.
  • Adopted an Ordinence or order of Secession

    Adopted an Ordinence or order of Secession
    Adopted an Ordinence, or order, of secession
  • Texas voted for Secession

    Texas voted for Secession
    Texas voted for secession by 46,153 to 14,747
  • Texas became the 7th state to join the Confederacy

    Texas became the 7th state to join the Confederacy
    Texas became the 7th state to secede from the U.S.