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wilmot proviso
trying to stop slavery in the mexican cession territory out west excluding texas want to scare the southem states -
compromise 1850
from 1846-1850 congress argued about what to do with all the new territory we had goyyen from mexico . henry clay. -
fugitive slave law
law passed in 1850 to help slave holders recapture runaway slaves ... law passed that says to recapture runway slaves wich will make it more difficult for slaves kept north and south satistied -
uncle tom's cabin
story calling a foran end to slavery north declded slavery is norrible cruel and unaccep table south felt like it -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act infuriated many in the North who considered the Missouri Compromise to be a long-standing binding agreement. In the pro-slavery South it was strongly supported. -
bleeding kansas
allowing the right to vote in kansas and nebraska led to people rushing into those -
dred scott
was a slave who sued for his freedom eventually he become free .was a slave aued for his freedom african americans were not citizens and couldnt sue. slaves were property increased the tension between the narthern and southern states -
Lincoln - Douglas Debates
Douglas, a Democrat, was the incumbent Senator, having been elected in 1847. He had chaired the Senate Committee on Territories. He helped enact the Compromise of 1850. Douglas then was a proponent of Popular Sovereignty, and was responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The legislation led to the violence in Kansas, hence the name "Bleeding Kansas. -
election of 1860
voters in 1860 voted mostly based on which section of the country they lived in .lincon promised to keep slavery from spreading into new territories lincoin was the election -
fort sumter
On March 5, 1861, the day after his inauguration as president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln received a message from Maj. Robert Anderson, commander of the U.S. troops holding Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The message stated that there was less than a six week supply of food left in the fort.
