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Compromise of 1850
Stricter Fugitive Slave Act was passed,
Texas was paid 10 million to move their land away from the West,
D.C. ended their slaves in the city -
Slave Act of 1850
Any fugitive slaves would have to be returned to their owners,
You could go to prison for hiding a fugitive slave,
It was illegal to help slaves to freedom -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book written about how bad the slaves were treated,
Talked about how bad their life was,
Made more abolitionists -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty,
“Bleeding Kansas” is violently torn in half for years between pro slave/anti slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court decided that Dred Scott was not a citizen so he couldn't sue -
Harper's Ferry
Brown leads a raid on a weapons arsenal and fails and gets hung for treason -
Lincoln's Election
Lincoln was the only candidate that didn't want slavery and none of the southern states voted for him but he still won -
Attack on Fort Sumpter
The South attacked the fort and captured it, Lincoln called on 75,000 volunteers to fight the war against the south