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Wilmot Proviso
Trying to stop slavery in the Mexican Cession territory out west, excluding Texas, by wanting to scare the southern states. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress argued about what to do with all the new territory we had gotten from Mexico. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Was a law passed to help slave holders recapture runaway slaves. This law made running away more difficult for slaves.This kept the North and South satisfied. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Story wrote by Harriet Beecher Stowe- story calling for an end to slavery. This divided the North and South. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding kansas was allowing the right to vote in Kansas and Nebraska led to people rushing into areas to get the vote to get their way. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Was a law passed to try to solve the problem of slavery in the western territory, people could choose to be free or a slave state. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave sued for his freedom African Americans were not citizens and couldnt sue, because slaves were property. This increased tension between the Northern and Southern states. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglaas debatedslavery, Lincoln was anti-slavery, slavery is wrong but legal. Lincoln lost the election but became nationally famous. -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown seized the federal arsenal plan which was to stir up a slave revolt in Virgina and end slavery. Brown became the hero in the cause of slavery. -
Election of 1860
Voters in 1860 voted mostly based on which section of the country they lived in. Lincoln promised to keep slavery from spreading into new territories. Lincoln won the election. -
Fort Sumter
North surrenders because the South attacked Lincoln was president for only about a year.
