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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to maintain a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states. -
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to maintain a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states. -
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The Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act is that it required all slaves who had escaped to be brought back to their masters. The punishments for slaves was more severe under the Act. The summary of the Fugitive Slave Act is that it required all slaves who had escaped to be brought back to their masters. -
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 was basically a series of things that were passed by the U.S. Congress to settle slavery issues and avoid withdrawal. By the year 1850, there were only 14% of slaves left in the entire population of America. -
compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 was basically a series of measures, that were passed by the U.S. Congress to settle slavery issues and avoid withdrawal. By the year 1850, there were only 14% of slaves left in the entire population of America. -
Uncle Toms cabin Published
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852. According to Will Kaufman from University Press, it helped to lay the groundwork for the Civil War. -
The Kansas-Nebraska act & Bloody Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln Douglas Debates were a series of seven public discussions held in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas as they contested the Illinois Senate seat. Lincoln was the Republican Party candidate and Senator Douglas was the incumbent Democratic Party candidate. -
John Brown and Harpers Ferry
ohn Brown was a radical abolitionist whose fervent hatred of slavery led him to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry in October 1859.
