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The Northwest Ordinance started a new method to add new states, to the new territory. They started new rights and laws in that territory. -
The document that is 4 pages long, and was established to see who the government of the US will be -
The constitution was ratified in 1788, this means that the government of the US is going to serve the citizens. -
The missouri compromise tried to get rid of the slavery issue in their territory. They divided a line to separate the slave states and the non slaves states. -
Nat Turner was a man that had killed 60 people, he was still running around for another 2 months before he had got captured. This eventually turned into having a lot of new laws after the accident. -
A rule that state that people are not allowed to speak for themselves. They cannot speak their own opinions.
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A boundary between the US and Texas, a fight between the US and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
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congress passed a proposal the allow slavery and make an extension of slavery in the territories, which then the Republican Party was built. -
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery, she began to save people from being a slave which she started off with her family. She then became a conductor of the Underground Railroad. She saved over 300 people in just 19 trips. -
They finally let California join to be a free state, also let slavery to the territories of New Mexico and Utah. -
A story about an enslaved person, tom saves a little girl and then the great grandfather ends up buying him. Tom did not like slavery and wanted it to be gone, he didn't like people being wiped and beaten. -
Dred Scott was a slave that wanted freedom. Dred did not want t there to be slaves anymore. He tried to sue the Supreme Court but since he used to be a slave he could not sue the court. -
Political debates between, the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, the incumbent, and Stephan Douglas, to see who becomes senator. -
John Brown leads a group to raid against Harpers Ferry. He tried to start an armed revolt to try to destroy the slavery issue. -
Lincoln served as one of the main people in the Civil War. He was also elected for president in 1860. -
south carolina is the first state to secede from the union on December 20, 1860 -
The Civil War was caused by the issue of slavery. The Civil Ware began in 1861. 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers were killed in the war.