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Missouri Comprommise
Congress men made a law that regulated slavery in the country's western territories. -
WIlmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso wanted to amend a billbefore the House of Representatives, during the Mexican-American War. It provided $2 million to enable Polk to negotiate a territory with Mexico. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress in Philadelphia passed a bill to retain the balance between slavery and non-slavery states. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The U.S. Congress passed a law in the north that all slaves had to go back to the north. -
Kansas-Nebraska
Stephen A. Douglas passed a bill were the Nebraskan territory was sepereated into Nebraska and Kansas so there wouldn't be an inbalance. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
A supreme court case in Missouri were Dred Scott thought he was free becuase he got forced to live in free states. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Abe Lincoln was nominated to run to become apart of the U.S. Senate because Douglas was one of the republicans main target in Illionois. -
Bledding Kansas
John Brown murdered pro slavery people in Kansas because he was an extreme abolitionist.
