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Wilmot Proviso
A proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico. David Wilmot of Pennsylvania proposed the bill. Picture of: map showing Wilmot Proviso -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 is a series of laws intented to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states. During this time the nation's leaders had begun to debate how to deal with slavery in the lands gained from the War with Mexico, this lead to several problems and debates. Both the North and South worried what would happen if California became a state. California finally became a free state. Stephen A. Douglas' plan known as the Compromise of 1850 became a law. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act is an 1850 law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. Many Southerns backed this law, because they considered slaves to be property. However the one part of the law that outraged Northeners was that they have to help recapture the runaway slaves. Picture of: a sign that was posted to warn slaves that they could be captured -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that showed slavery as brutal and immoral. This novel presented the cruelty and immorality of slavery. The novel describes a slave named Eliza and her baby's escape across the Ohio River. Picture of: book cover of uncle tom's cabin -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator Douglas drafted a bill to organize the Nebraska Territory. This bill became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It proposed to divide the territory into two parts, Nebraska and Kansas. Picture of: map showing kansas nebraska act -
Formation of Republican Party
The Republican Party was a party dedicated to eliminate slavery. This was a political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery. The Republican Party quickly gained strength in the North. picture of: republican sign -
Bleeding Kansas
During the election of March 1855 there were more proslavery than antislavery settlers in the Kansas Territory. Then 5,000 residents of neighboring Missouri came and voted illegally, the Kansas legislature was filled with proslavery representatives. A civil war broke out in Kansas, for three years afterward the territory became known as "bleeding Kansas"
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Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was an enslaved person in Missouri. He lived in free territories before being taken back to Missouri. Once his owner died Scott argued that he was free man. This argument when to the Supreme Court in 1856
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Caning of Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks, heard about Sumner's speech, he attacked him when Sumner was sitting at his desk at Congress. Brooks beat Sumner untill he was unconscious with his can, causing severe injuries for Sumner for years.
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Attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown wanted to provoke slave uprising. He planned to caputre weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The U.S. Marines attacked John Brown. Notheners reacted to his death. \
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Election of 1860
The election of 1860 turned into two different parties. The outcome of the election proved that the Nation was done compromising. Picture of: voting booth -
Secession
Southern states wanted to secede from the Nation once Lincoln was elected president. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the country. The Confederate States of America was formed. The Northeners decided that the secession was unconstitutional.
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