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Missouri Compromise
Made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state.
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Causes of the Civil War
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Fugitive Slave Act
Gave whites the right to accuse anyone of being a runaway slave and could force them to come back to the South even if they weren't originally a slave. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A fictional book published by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a slave family and the harsh realities of being on a plantation. -
Bleeding Kansas
People from both the North and South came into Kansas to vote to decide on whether or not to make Kansas a free or slave state.
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Dredd Scott Decision
Dredd Scott was once a slave living in Wisconsin and Illinois with his master. Later they moved to Missouri, where his master died. After this he sued for his freedom claiming that because he lived in a free state. The judge decided that because he was a slave he couldn't sue and that just because he lived there for a time, it didn't make him free. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown tried to started a revolt by giving slaves weapons in hopes that they would fight for their freedom. John Brown led an attack against the town of Harper's Ferry where the U.S. Army stored weapons. He then took control of the guns but was surrounded by Robert E. Lee's troops. He was eventually hanged. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Barely won election with only 40% of the popular vote and 60% electoral votes. Because of the close win and the controversal President, the South believed they no longer had a voice in the Union so they seceded.
