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Compromise of 1820
It was agreeding Congress that slaves were prohibited in the former Louisiana Territory, exept Missouri. -
Issue of Slavery
It came up in 1845 to 1846 when the united States gained territory from Mexico. -
The Dred Scott Case
He was held in wrongful enslavement that could sue for freedom. The petition that Dred Scott signed indicated the reasons he felt he was entitled to freedom. -
Compromise of 1850
Took different laws to reach it. Many people were unhappy. California came into the union as a free state. It wa screated to help. It was created to keep the balence. -
The Furtive Slave Act
It caused problems amoung the North and the South -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
It was to be the last straw in dividing the country about the issue of slavery -
Know Nothing Party
Millard Fillmore was the third candidate who represented the Know Nothing Party in 1856 -
Abraham Lincoln
He was elected or nominated to run against Stepen A. Douglas for his seat in Senate by the Illinois legislature. -
John Brown
John Brown attempted in 1859 to start a liberation movement amoung slaves in Hapers Ferry, Virginia electrifed the nation. -
John Brown hanged
In 1859, Brown was hanged, church bells rang, mintue guns were fired, large in emorial, Emergon and Thoreao
