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Maine was admitted to the U.S as a free state.
Missouri was admitted to the U.S as a slave state.
A line went above Arkansas; above the line is a free state, under the line is slave state. -
Nat Turners slave rebellion was a rebellion that spread fear in the south. It killed 60 people. It resulted in retaliation for the rebellion, even to those not involved. -
California would be admitted as a free state
All other territories could decide when they applied for statehood if they wanted to be slave or free which is popular sovereignty.
Texas agreed to give up its claims to New Mexico for 10 million dollars this let Texas pay off her debt and gave us our border.
It was now a crime to help runaway slaves even in the north. -
The author of the book was Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The book was about the horrors of slavery.
The impact of the book was that everyone learned how bad slavery was. -
Bleeding Kansas-lots of violence.
The Democratic Party lost support in the North but gained it in the South.Democrats were Pro slavery.
The Republican Party is created and it gained power among those against slavery. -
The Dred Scott Decision ruled that African Ancestry were not citizens. Slaves were considered to be property. They ruled that the Missouri compromise was not legal. It was stated that the government can't tell states they have to be a slave state to be free. -
John Brown led a rain on Harper's ferry. His purpose was to arm slaves.John Brown was hanged after being convicted for conspiracy and treason. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected at the 1860 election. His first act as president was to make secession illegal. Shots were fired at Fort Sumter.