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Wilmot Proviso
He trys to stop slavery . Too many people are starting to stop slavery, so slave owners are getting scared. -
Compromise of 1850
Made California a free state and Utah and New Mexico as slave state. Helped the South and North not go to war. -
Fugitive Slave Law
It helped slave owners get there slaves back if they ran away . This law kept both sides satisfied ,so no war could start. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
By: Hariet Beecher Stowe ,A story calling for an end to slavery. Made people understand what slaves went through. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
People had a chance to decide wether to be a slave state or not . People started moving to Kansas to decided what they wanted to be. -
Bleeding Kansas
Proslavery and Abolitions fought each other with gun and swords. A small civil war happend in Kansas. -
Dred Scott
He was a slave who sued for his freedom after owners died. Court decided not to give him his freedom because they said he was not a citizen.North got mad with south. -
Lincoln -Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas debate slavery. Lincoln lost but bacame nationally famous. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown wanted to stir up a slave revolt in Virginia and end slavery. Brown became a hero in the cause of slavery. -
Election of 1860
Voters voted based on which section of the country they lived in.Lincoln promised to stop slavery from spreading. Lincoln won election. -
Fort Sumter
South shoots to the Norths fort. The war began.