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The Missouri Compromise created by Henry Clay is passed by Congress.
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Texas becomes the 28th state, and is a proslevery state.
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Dred Scott, an enslaved African American fights for his freedom after he resided on free soil for several years and after his owner's death. Court rules against Scott.
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This act requires all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
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Created by Stephen A. Douglas, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in May 1854. The act proposed organizing the areas west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The term popular sovereignty was introduced.
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South Carolina secedes from the Union.
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Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida secede from the Union, join with South Carolina and form the Confederate States of America.
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On April 12th, Confederate troops attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
