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Missouri Compromise
missouri compromiseThe Missouri compromise split the country into a northern "free" half and a southern "slave" half. It allowed Maine to Join as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. They tried to keep the balance between slave states and free states equal as the country expanded westward. But the country could not remain half-slave and half-free forever. -
Fugitive Slave act
Slave actThe fugitive slave act said that any slave who escaped to free states had to be returned to their owner. This made the abolitionists upset because they had banned slavery in their states and did not want to support it. They were fighting against slavery and didnt want to help it in any way, so they were looking for a way to ban it everywhere so they didnt have to return slaves. -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding kansas
Kansas was going to vote on whether to be a free state or a slave state. Thousands of people who were pro slavery or anti-slavery went to kansas so they could vote. They started fighting each other and many people were killed. This foreshadowed the Civil war, because they couldnt peacefully decide whether to be free or slave and resorted to violence. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred ScottIn the Dred Scott decision the US Supreme court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and the slavery applied everywhere in the United states. This caused a problem because the people who were against slavery didn't want it in their states and some states had already banned it. the court said that black people couldn't be citizens and didnt have rights like white people did. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President in 1860. None of the southern states voted for him, and they were afraid that he would outlaw slavery.
