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The missouri compromise was established to keep slavery out of the new territories in the united states. It was met with strong opposition.
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The Wilmot Proviso banned slavery in any territory. First introduced by David Wilmot
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Package that included 5 separate bills, wich diffused a long confrontation between the slave states of the south and free northern states.
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One of the 5 bills of the compromise of 1850. Declared that all runaway slaves were to be returnerd to there owners
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a book writen by Harriet Beecher Stowe that made readers aware of the horrible conditions faced by slaves in the south. terrified northern readers.
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The Kansas/Nebraska Act proposed popular sovereignty in kansas and Nebraska. Caused disputes later known as bleeding kansas.
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1854-1860. people moved in to sway the vote in kansas and nebraska. Fighting broke out between pro and anti-slavery people knownn as the pottawatomie massacre.
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i fight between sumner and brooks in the senate. Sumner suffered shock and brain damage.
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16-18 of october. started a anti slavery movement in harppers ferry virginia. retaliation to the kansas/nebraska act. was later tried for treason.
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strengthened laws that assisted slaves in excaping the south, and going to the free northern states.
