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Civil Rights Acts
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Missouri Compromise
Proposed by Jesse Thomas, was a happy resolution to a dangerour situation in the union -
Killings Of Nat Turner
Slave preacher that killed sixty white people in a church before being over powered by state and federal troops and was executed. -
American Anti Slavery Society established
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Underground Railroad
Sympathetic whites and free blacks organized escape routes to help assist running slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Wrote by Hattiet Beecher Stowe, Most powerful antislavery propoganda -
Dred Scott V. Sanford
Decided Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. -
Lecompton Constitution
pro slavery forces met in Lecompton and legalized slavery and refused to give voters a chance to reject it. It was rejected. -
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Civil War
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Confederacy established
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Civil Rights Act
Declared blacks to be citizens of the US and gave the Federal government power to intervene in state affairs to protect the rights of citizens.