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Wilmot Proviso
amendment to a bill that provided two million to president Polk for the Mexican War. The Wilmot Proviso banned slavery in any state gained in the Mexico War or in the future. -
Treaty of Guadlupe Hidalgo
Treaty that ended the Mexican War, gave U.S Texas and the Rio Grande Rives as its boundary. The U.S also receiveed California and New Mexico territories in exchange for fifteen million dollars. -
Compromise of 1850
series of five bills that were intended to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Nebraska was divided into two parts, Kansas and Nebraska and the question of slavery was to be decided by popular sovereignty. -
PattaWattamie Massace
Led by John Brown during bleeding Kansas, five men were killed. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Running for govenor of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had a series of debates, Stephen Douglas was elected president. -
Harpers Ferry
Attack planned by John Brown on a armory in Harpers Ferry, John Brown and 24 other men raided the town in hopes of getting the slaves to join them and fight. None of the slaves ended up fighting and John Brown was caught, and hanged for treason on December 2, 1949 -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Out of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln steals the election and becomes the 16th president of the United States. -
South Carolina Secedes From Union
After Abraham Lincoln is elected president, South Carolina become the first state to secede from the Union.
