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The Missouri Compromise was an act of balancing between powers of the South and North. As an appeasement to both sides, two new states were entered into the union, one slaved and one free, those being Missouri and Maine. -
The Nat Turner Rebellion nearly set the stage for John Brown, in which abolitionist Nat Turner fought many white people, being a preacher and a liberator giving him a unique identity. -
The Wilmot Proviso was an idea that would've outlawed slavery, or keep it outlawed as it were, in the newly "acquired" territories from Mexico. These territories were already free, but the political powers that be in the South worked for a slave based territory to be established in the region. -
The treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo defined the end of the Mexican-American war as well as most of modern America's modern territory, as well as being fundamental in cementing US expansion and relations with Mexico. It starred many characters, generals and the like, that would appear as key players in the civil war. -
The compromise of 1850 was a set of bills that worked to satisfy every power, while resolving the issues the nation was facing. It facilitated this purpose mediocrely at best. Defining borders, and establishing Texas and Cali were some highlights. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a critical but not flawless piece of abolitionist literature that fundamentally impacted the climate of the United States. It worked both to humanize black people and propagate negative stereotypes of them. It was written by Harriett Beacher Stowe. -
The Kansas Nebraska act repealed the Missouri Compromise's position on a geographical based free/slave state dichotomy, opting for popular sovereignty over the issue, in which the persons living there would decide. This caused much, commotion. -
The Scott v. Sanford case decided that black people were not and could not be citizens, thus disenfranchising them further in American society and function. -
John Brown, with his sons, takes Harper's Ferry, an arms stache. John took slavers hostage, and freed the slaves. Catching wind of this, the locals find it to their distaste that Brown would take it upon himself to do such a thing, holding John stuck in the building until the army arrives. Once the army arrives, a fight ensues, killing John's son. Several more of Brown's kin die, and Brown is promptly executed after his capture, but his truth is marching on. -
The election of 1860 is notable for many reasons, and mostly controversies. A larger number of parties represented on Most ballots, 4, and an outcome only decided by the north, as the Republican candidate Lincoln was not on the ballot in 10 slave states. The other candidates include Breckenridge, a southerner "gentleman," John Bell, a status quo man, and Douglas of the democratic party.