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Stated that states above Missouri were free, below are slave states.
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Nat Turner was a slave that led a rebellion that further hurt the slaves, 200 black people killed and further prohibited education, and movement of enslaved people.
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This war was because our president thought it was his destiny to move west, and over if Texas ended at the Nueces river or the Rio Grande.
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States that the spreading of slavery into any land acquired by the United States from Mexico is prohibited.
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Five laws were passed concerning the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. Caused the fugitive slave act.
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States that slaves that escaped and were caught, must be returned to their owner.
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This was an anti-slavery novel. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Let the people of Kansas and Nebraska choose whether slavery was allowed or not in their state.
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Multiple violent confrontations in Kansas. From 1855-1861
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Dred Scott testified for his freedom, but it was decided that all African Americans would never be able to be citizens, and were not viewed as real people.
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He led a raid with a small group for the freedom of slaves.
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He was elected. Led the nation through the civil war.
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South Carolina seceded with a unanimous vote from their legislature.
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The Confederate Army formed.
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The confederates bombarded Fort Sumter.
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Confederate invasion of Maryland, Union victory.
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Gave the Union control of the Mississippi river. May 18 - July 4 1863.
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Battle fought that the Union won, stopped Robert E Lee from his invasion of the north. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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Ended the war, brought peace and reunion. Robert E Lee surrenders.
