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Missouri Compromise
Missouri would gradually abolish slavery. This prevented any additional slaves from entering Missouri and emancipated all slave children born in Missouri. This created a free state and eventually outlawed slavery. -
Declartaion of War on Mexico
President Polk declares a state of war between Mexico and the United States after Mexican troops had allegedly attacked US troops at the border -
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Mexican-American War
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Wilmot Proviso
Stated that land taken from Mexico form the Mexican-American War would not be eligable to hold slaves. Although this was rejected by the mostly Southern Senate, it showed the North's clear intentions to limit the South and South's determination to fight them. -
Fugative Slave Act
Allowed northern law enforcement and bounter Hunters to foricbly capture escaped slaves and bring them back to the south. -
Dred Scott Case Resolution and Results
Meeting in which slave owners could take their slaves into the North without losing claim for an alloted period of time -
Harpers Ferry
Attack on an armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln pledged to outlaw slavery. This lead to South Carolina voting themselves out of the U.S. This created more separation. -
"Ultimate Extinction"
Speech where Lincoln vows to end slavery and lead it to its ultimate extinction. -
Fort Sumter
Confederate attack on the Union fort, Fort Sumter, in South Carolina. -
Lincoln rejected Ultimatums
He had rejected the ultimatums of some of the states, which caused Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina to join the Confederacy. This had begun the era of the Civil War.