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Missouri Compromise
It was a agreement by both anti-slavery and pro-slavery people. Did not any state above the 36 parallel, except missouri, to become a slave state. Before the agreement, the house of represenitives refuse to except it. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It was passed by congress as part as the Compromise of 1850. The act declared that all runaway slaves in the north can be returned to their master in the south. The effect cause violence between slave catchers and abolitionists. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Is an anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It sold three hundred thousand copies in America. The book demanded freedom and rights to slaves. -
Bleeding Kansas
It was series of violent political conformations. Thirty to forty anti-slavery protesters were kill; twenty to thirty pro-slavery protesters were killed. the conflict was about if kansas was going to be a free state or not. -
Dred Scott Decision
It was the worst decision ever made by the supreme court. Scott was returned to slavery. People who opposed slavery fircely attacked the decision. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown and several followers seize to a United States armory in Harper's Ferry. Several where killed and Brown stood trial and was found guilty. He was later hanged. To abolitionist he was a hero, but the south thought the north was tring to destory their way of life.* -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Four men ran for the presidential office. Lincoln was the winner of the election. Souther states started leaving when Lincoln won the election. Seven states left by the time of Lincoln's inauguration.*
