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Manie comes as a free state and Missouri comes as a slave state. Everything above 36'30 line is free territories and everything below 36'30 is slave territories. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion is a slave rebellion killing slave owners and their families. All involved are executed. Fear spread in the south that more rebellions were coming. Slaves faced even more restrictions -
California came as a free state. The Mexican Crension was divided into two territories, Kansas & Nebraska. The Stronger Fugitive Slave Laws would be passed. United States Gave 10,000,000 to give up the weird shape (Texas) -
The author of the book is Harriet Beecher Stowe. The purpose of the story was to show the horrors of slavery. The impact caused many Northerners to become abolitionists. It was banned in the South -
Stephen Douglas had a plan to let the decision of slavery in each be settled by popular sovereignty. The Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to the name "Bleeding Kansas" -
The Dred Scott Ruling is basically stating African Americans (free or not) were not citizens. Slaves were property and property is protected by the 5th Amendment so therefore, Congress can't ban slavery anywhere -
The raid was on Harper's Ferry. John Brown wanted to arm slaves and start a rebellion. He was captured and was hanged. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected. The southern states broke away (seceded) from the United State. On March 4, 1861, Lincoln took the office and gave his first inaugural address. He assured the South he didn't intend to abolish slavery, but spoke out against secession. He ended his speech with an appeal to South saying: "We aren't enemies, but friends". What happened next was he made secession illegal.