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the compromise of 1850 was when texas paid $10 million to scale back its land claims in the west, they had 5 separate bills passed on to the united states. -
a fugitive slave is when you were caught giving shelter or protection to a runaway slave, you would end up going to prison for 6 months. -
uncle toms cabin is about a kindly old slave that is treated horribly by his master, Harriet Beecher Stowe's sold 300,000 copies in the first year. -
was an act that alowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery. -
the supreme court ruled that Dred Scott was property and not a citizen and had no right to sue. Dred Scott tried suing for their freedom in St.louis on the grounds that their residence in a free territory had freed from their bonds of slavery. -
a group of men were lead to attack the weapons arsenal at harpers ferry, goal was to get control of weapons and lead a slave revolt. -
lincoln was the only candidate against slavery that ended up winning, the election showed that the country was devided. His election pushed the nation to the brink of war. -
the south fired Fort Sumter as the Union tried to resupply it. the fort was nearly out of food and the ended up surrounding the fort to the southern army
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