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Misssouri Compromise
1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
Monroe Doctrine
Warns European nations that the United States would not rate further colonization or puppet monarchs -
Presidential Election 1824
John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes. -
Fifth Census
Enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21 , 1831. His actions set off a massacre of up to 200 African Americans and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education , movement and assembly. -
Sixth Census
Conducted by the Census Office on June 1 1840 , it determined the resident population of the United States to increase by 32.7 percent -
The Mexican War ends
America was ceded western territories. To deal with this , congress passed the Compromise which basically made California free and allowed the people in Utah and New Mexico to choose for themselves -
The Fugitive slave act passes
the fugitive slave act was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. This was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 and caused many North American 19th century Black activists to increase their efforts against enslavement. -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion -
Uncle Tom's cabin is published
Beecher Stowe an activist who wrote the book to show the evils of enslavement. The book became a best seller and had a huge impact on the way that Northerners viewed enslavement. -
Presidential election 1860
The election of 1860 demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln became president
