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*Wanted to ban slavery in the Mexican cession territory (excluding Texas)
*Congress refused to pass the proviso,and there was a debate over the proviso that set up a 4 year battle over lsavery.
*It didn't pass,and this lead to the creation of Free-soil party.(this was the 1st political party dedicated to stop slavery expansion) -
*California was made a free state
*Utah&New Mexico were made slave states
*Many slave laws were pased (Fugitive slave laws)
*They were trying to balance slavery between free and slave states -
*This law helped lsave holders re-capture runaway slaves
*Nullification-A state can refuse to follow a law of congress within their state boundaries. -
*This was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
*Its purpose was to end slavery. -
This act stated that people in the territories could decide for themselves wether they wanted slavery or not.
People began coming into Kansas Nebraska. -
Abolotionists and pro slavery people fought eachother. A small lcivil war errupted in Kansas.
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Dred Scott was a slave that sued for his freedom.
He was told that African AMericans were not citizens,and that they were just property....therefore they could not sue in court. -
Douglass and Lincoln debated slavery
Lincoln thought slavery was wrong and should not expand.
He lost the election,but became nationally famous. -
John Brown seized the federal arsenal and wanted to start a slave revolt in Virginia and end slavery.
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Lincoln was sending supplies to the fort,and the south opened fire on April 12,1861 and Union forces had no choice,but to surrender. THIS WAS THE START OF THE WAR!
