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Fugitive Slave Act
An act was passed so slaves couldn't gain freedom by escaping to free states. -
Underground Railroad is clearly exsistent
Abolitionists would assist slaves by helping them escape their captors through various means. -
Compromise of 1850
Admitted California as a free state after lots of conflict. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An influential book written about the civil war and the slavery conflict as well as the underground railroad. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Allowed popular sovereignty regarding slavery in states to decide if the state would or wouldn't be considered free. -
Bleeding Kansas
Citizens battled over control of their states position on slavery and free and slave states status. -
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner encouraged anti slavery in the senate. -
Douglas/Lincoln Debates
Lincoln and Douglas had a series of 7 debates during the Illinois state election campaign of 1858. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown led an armed band of abolitionists in an assault on Harpers Ferry. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln was elected in the election of 1860 with only 40% of the popular vote and 180 electoral votes. -
Secession
South Carolina was one of the first states to secede from the Union in 1860. -
Fort Sumpter
Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumpter on April 12,1861 and they were the first shots of the Civil War. -
Dred Scott Case
Claimed that no black, free or otherwise could claim citizenship