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Wilmot Proviso
proposed banning slavery in the territory acquired from mexico except texas. congress refused to pass it. creation of the free-soil party. political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery. -
compromise of 1850
please north congress agreed to admit california as a free state and abolish the slave trade in washington D.C. to please south congress would let territories decide if they were going to be slave or free. pass stronger law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves fugiive slave act. failed to hold the union together and angered northeners -
The Fugitive Slave Act 1850
allowed slaveholders to recapture runaway slaves. southerners felt that the act was justified because slaves were property. northeners represented the act. -
uncle toms cabin 1852
harriet beecher stowe 1852 story of the evils of slavery. led to perceptions: north: slavery is horrible,cruel and is unacceptable. south: yankee abolitionist propaganda. -
kansas-nebraska act 1854
kansas and nebraska decide for themselves (popular sovereignty) wheter to allow slavery or not. pro-slavery and anti-slavery people began flooding into kansas and nebraska so they could force the state to become what they wanted it to be. -
bleeding kansas 1856
small scale civil war in kansas "bleeding kansas" and :bleeding sumner" became rallying cries for the anti-slavery northeners and the new political party. -
the case of dred scott 1857
he was used for his freedom after briefly living with his owner on free soil in the north. ruling of the judges: slaves were not citizens so they could not bring suit in court. slaves were property. missouri compromise wich had banned slavery was unconstitutional. southernes were overjoyed! northerners were upset and began joining the republican party in droves. -
lincoln-douglas debates
lincoln and douglass were running for senator in illinois. lincoln's positon=slavery was wrong but protected by the constitution. loncoln lost the election, but became nationally famous. -
raid on harpers ferry
john brown and followers seized the federal arsenal at harpers ferry killing 4 people. goal= stir up a slave revolt in virinia and end slavery. it didnt work. brown became a martyr (hero) in the cause of slavery -
the election of 1860
lincoln won the election. southern sates secede (withdraw from the union) -
forth sumter
lincoln notified davis that he was sending supplies to the orth. south opened fire
