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A Congressional effort to end the sectional and political rivalries caused by a late request from Missouri to be a state where slavery was permitted.
https://www.google.com/search?q=missouri+compromise&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimzfy5z_zeAhVxp1kKHSzLD60Q_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791#imgrc=zT8grIMwzDijmM: -
California wanted to become a free state but that would upset the balance of free and slave states, so Senator Henry Clay come up with many compromise that settled this upset.
https://www.google.com/search?q=compromise+of+1850&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjao7ic0vzeAhUtwVkKHeeXD6wQ_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791#imgrc=0UkpE546lQ3ybM: -
A controversial act that required any captured slave to be returned to their owner and any free man had to cooperate.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fugitive+slave+act&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin1sfb0PzeAhVDmlkKHS9AAxIQ_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791&dpr=2#imgrc=QVIIMdWYnKQBXM: -
A famous anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Stowe. It had a profound effect on peoples attitudes toward slavery and African Americans.
https://www.google.com/search?q=uncle+tom%27s+cabin+published&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR3dPp0_zeAhVxtlkKHVjNCmoQ_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791#imgrc=EuOH8fFRzwKqQM: -
An act that allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery within their borders.
https://www.google.com/search?q=kansas+nebraska+act&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAvt3q1PzeAhVOw1kKHX0GAMoQ_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791#imgrc=c-D9KAx61PdXRM: -
Dred Scott was a slave trying to sue his owner, Sanford, for his freedom. During the trial the court ruled that African Americans were not American citizens and therefore could not sue for their freedom.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dred+scott+v.+sandford&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF6N6t1fzeAhVFpFkKHRQpCNMQ_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791#imgrc=FKizGrJHMLMkRM: -
An abolitionist named John Brown planned an armed slave revolt in attempt to take over a United State's Ferry. The Marines beat his team of 22.
https://www.google.com/search?q=john+brown%27s+raid+on+harpers+ferry&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSsq-f1vzeAhWvs1kKHZPKAaYQ_AUIDigB&biw=682&bih=791#imgrc=mfN9jxRvK8_a3M: