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In the Missouri compromise, Missouri is admitted to the US as a slave state, and Maine is admitted as a free state. Lousiana is split in half with every state North being free and every state South being a slave state. -
The events that lead to the civil war.
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Nat Turners Slave Rebellion was a large slave rebellion that killed 55 people and spread mass fear and resulted in retaliation for the rebellion. -
California is admitted as a free state and every other territory could be a slave or free state when they applied for statehood. D.C. outlawed the slave trade but to help any runaway slaves was a crime, even over the line between the North and South. Texas sold part of its territory to New Mexico for 10 million which allowed them to pay off debt and gave us our borders today. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that was about the horrors of slavery. The South believed it was propaganda but it showed how bad slavery really was. -
The rest of the Louisiana purchase territory was Nebraska which was divided into Kansas and Nebraska. Slavery was decided by voters in both states. Kansas resulted in a lots of bloodshed, Democrats lost support in the Northern parts but got it in the South, and the Republican party was created. -
The Dred Scott Decision stated that people of African ancestry were not citizens and could not sue in court for anything. As well as the fact that slaves were property and that the Missouri Compromise was illegal as the government could not tell states to be free or slave. -
John Brown's Raid was on the federal arsenal to arm slaves. He was hanged for conspiracy and treason. -
In the 1860 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln was elected. When he was elected a lot of southern states started seceding because they thought he'd end slavery. His first act was to make seceding illegal. Afterward, the first shots of the civil war were shot.