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Wilmot Proviso
They wanted to ban slavery in the Mexican Cession territory out west, excluding Texas. It scared the slave owner's. -
Compromise of 1850
Admission of California as a free state It was to keep the balance between slave and free states -
Fugitive Slave Law 1850
It helped slave holders recapture runaway slaves. They managed to keep both sides satisfied & prevented a permanent split before the civil war. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Story calling for an end to slavery. It changed peoples mind about slavery. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
People in the territories could decide if they wanted to have slaves or be slave free. A lot of people are going to move to move into te territory -
Bleeding Kansas
Pro Slavery and abolitionist faught each other with guns and swords. A small scale civil war -
Dred Scott
He sued for his freedom African Americans were not citizens and could not sue -
Lincoln -Douglas Debates
Lincoln and douglas debated slvery. Lincoln lost the election, but became nationally famous. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown stole guns & gave them to the slaves so they could be freed. John Brown became a martyr in cause of slavery. -
Election of 1860
The voters in 1860 voted mostly based on which section of the country they lived in Union promised to keep slavery from spreading into new territories -
Fort Sumter
The south shoots the north's fort. First shots of te war.
