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Maine is admitted to the United States as a free state
Missouri is admitted to the United States as a slave state
Every North state would be free and every South would be slave with the 36x36 line above the Arkansas territory -
The Nat Turners Slave Rebellion that spread fear in the south. It resulted in retaliation for the rebellion, even those not involved and it killed 60 people. -
California would be admitted as a free state
All other territories could decided when they applied for statehood if they wanted to be slave or free by Popular Sovereignty
Texas agreed to give up its claims to New Mexico for $10 million and that let Texas pay off her debt and gave us our present day borders.
This compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act and it was now a CRIME to help runaway slaves, even in the North and that made many people in the North very angry. -
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The book was about the horrors of slavery
The south viewed it as propaganda -
Nebraska was divided in half
Slavery would be decided by the voters which was popular sovereignty
Republican party was created and it gained power among those against the slavery
Louisiana split in half by 36x36 and that made the top free and the bottom slave -
The Supreme Court of 1957 ruled that people of African ancestry were not citizens and could not sue in Federal Court for freedom or anything else; slaves were considered as property
It also ruled that the Missouri Compromise was not legal and that they stated the government cannot tell states they have to be slave or free. It resulted of angry anti-slavery voters voted for Roger B Taney for president in 1860 -
The raid was on the Federal Arsenal.
The raid on Harpers Ferry was trying to arm the slaves for a revolt against their owners.
John Brown was captured during the anti-slavery revolt and hung after being convicted for conspiracy and treason. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected
Southern states seceding from the Union or United States
Abraham's first act as president was to make secession illegal
Shots fired at Fort Sumtner
