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Maine is free state
Missouri is slave state
Draws invisible line thru the U.S. at the 30x36 line above Arkansas -
Nat Turner is an anti-slave man, and he started a slave rebellion that killed 50-60 people and spread fear in the south. -
California is admitted as a free state
All territories could decide if they were a slave state or free by popular sovereignty.
Slave trade was outlawed in D,C,
Included the fugitive slave act where it was now a crime to help a slave escape even in the north.
Texas agrees to give ups its claim for New Mexico for 10 million and it got it's current day boarders. It also payed off all our debt. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book about slavery and really go in dept about how brutal the beatings were, and how life draining they were.
Made many people realize that the horrid conditions that were in slavery
The south announced it at propaganda -
Nebraska was divided in half to make Kansa and Nebraska.
They chose whether they were a slave state or a free state by popular sovereignty
There was a lot of violence and Kansas which led to the Democratic party losing support in the north, although it gained support in the south because they were pro-slavery.
The republican party was created and it gained power from the non-slavery people. -
The Dred Scott decision ruled that people of African ancestry were not citizens and couldn't sue in the Federal Court for freedom and slaves were considered property.
Also ruled the Missouri Compromise was not legal, they stated the government could not say if a state was slave or free.
Caused anti-slavery voters to vote for Abraham Lincoln. -
John Brown led a failed raid on Harper's Ferry to arm slaves to defend themselves he was captured and was hanged after being convicted with conspiracy and treason. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, and said he would end the spread of slavery.
His 1st decision was to make succeeding illegal but right as he was elected, North Carolina seceded.
He also said he would give free land to the people in the west.
First shots were fired at Fort Sumter after North Carolina wouldn't give it to the U.S.