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Wilmot Proviso
Congress tried to stop the spread of slavery. It failed but South is concerned. -
Compromise of 1850
Made Congress argued about what to do with all the new territory. Kept a balance between Free and Slave states. -
Fugitive Slave Law
They managed to keep both sides satisfied and prevented a permant split before the CIvil War. This helped slaveholders recaptured runaway slaves -
Uncle Tom's Cabim
Harriet Beecher Stowe's story for calling for an end to Slavery. North decided: Slavery is horrible, cruel, and unacceptable
South decided:It was Yankee Abolitionist Propagada or known as North lying about slavery -
Kansas Nebraska Act
People in the territory had Popular soverignty over weather their state would allow slavery People began flooding into Kansas Nebraska -
Bleeding Kansas
Popular Sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska made people to rush in the area to vote. This became the rally cry for anti-slavery. -
Dred Scott
A slave who sued for his freedom Tensions increased between the Northern and Southern states. -
Lincoln- Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas debated slavery. It was wrong but Legal. Slavery should not be expanded. Lincoln lost the election but became naturally famous. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown siezed the federal arsenal. His plan was to stir up a slave revolt in Virginia and end slavery. Brown became a Martyr (hero) in the cause of slavery. -
Election of 1860
Voters of 1860 voted mostly on which section of the counrty they lived in. Lincoln promised to keep slavery from spreading into new territories. Lincoln won election -
Fort Sumter
South opened fire on the unarmed North and the North suredner. War begun.
