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The Missouri Compromise admitted Maine as a free state while also admitting Missouri as a slave state. It balanced the senate powers between the north and the south.
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Nat Turner was an enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia. The rebellion led to killing at least 51 white people. The slaves who were freed were punished and stricter slave laws were enforced.
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Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to ban slavery from spreading to the territory that America fought with Mexico. The proposal was unsuccessful.
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America was trying to expand westward due to the Manifest Destiny expansion. While trying to expand to the Pacific Ocean, conflict occurred in the Republic of Texas. America fought with Mexico for the land. America won.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was an act that required slaves to be returned to their owners if they were in a free state.
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It was a sectional dispute between the North and South, California entered a free state, it created Utah and New Mexico as new territories. It also created a series of laws to solve disputes about slavery.
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The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin was controversial because it told the story of slaves and how they were treated in the south. Many southerns would disagree with the book. Many southerns were furious.
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People in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska got to choose if their state would be a slave state or free state (popular sovereignty). It repealed the Missouri Compromise.
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John Emerson held Dred Scott illegally as a slave, Dred wanted to sue but could not sue because he was not a citizen. His case was unsuccessful.
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John Brown was an abolitionist who led an unsuccessful raid on a federal armory at Harper’s Ferry. He was later than executed.
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Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 and the south thought that the end of slavery was coming. That was the last straw for the south.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, this caused for more states in the south to leave the union.
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The states that broke away from the Union created a new ¨union", they were referred to as The Confederate States of America(South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee).
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A series of violent acts revolving around slavery in the Kansas Territory.
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First War after South Carolina left the union. After 36 hours of fighting, the Union surrendered to the Confederacy since they were running out of supplies.
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Confederate forces invaded the North. It was the first major battle against the Union. This war was fought in Maryland, a border state, so the Confederacy tried to win in order to win over Maryland and help from the British, but the victory went to the Union.
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The Union and Confederacy fought along the Mississippi River, the Union took control of the River, forcing the South to split into two, making it easier for the Union to carry supplies and such to war.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to the Union. The Battle lasted two hours, near Appomattox Court House.
