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An agreement to stop slavery in the western parts of the U.S -
Ratified in 1788 the constitution is the longest written and oldest written government paper
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The agreement that Missouri joins the Union as a slave state and Maine is entered as a free state -
A rebellion of enslaved people led by Nat Turner -
Stopping discussion or conversation about slavery in government buildings.
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The fight between America and Mexico over Texas
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The agreement that their is going to be no slavery in the territory that the U.S won in the Mexican-American War -
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery with help of the underground railroad. -
The agreement that California could join the Union as a free state, but New Mexico and Utah territories could decided whether they wanted slavery or not, and Washington D.C can't get any more slaves. They could keep their slaves that they already owned but they couldn't acquire/trade for anymore slaves. Plus getting/creating a stronger fugitive slave law -
A book published to show the cruelty of slavery to the northerners -
Fights between pro and non slavery people before the civil war.
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The decision of the supreme court said that even though Dred Scott was brought to a free state by his enslaver he still wasn't free. So people realized that it was unconstitutional.
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Abraham Lincoln and Stephan Douglas had a debate to decide the senator for Illinois which there was a lot of tension on the debate and helped make Abraham Lincoln known -
John brown tried to steal guns and weapons from a fort and give them to slaves to try to escape but was caught and hung
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Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the president in the 1860 election making him the 16th president of the United States -
South Carolina secedes from the Union -
The fight between the southern states and the northern states because of slavery