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WAR WITH MEXICO ENDED
- Congress passed compromise that new territories would become states.
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FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT WAS PASSED
- Part of the compromise was passed.
- Underground railroad activity increased.
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NOTHERN TERRITORY OPENED FOR SLAVERY
- Kansas/Nebraska Act over turns Missouri Compromise.
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JOHN BROWN ATTACKS FEDERAL ARMORY
- Harper Ferry, Virginia
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GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENDURE HALF SLAVE, HALF FREE
- Quote of Abraham Lincoln
- First republican ever elected pres. and was not even on ballot in deep south.
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SENATE REFUSES TO CONSIDER THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE
- One of several attempts to ease tension between North and South.
- Missouri compromise stated the federal government could not interfere with slavery if it already existed.
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STAR OF THE WEST
- Unarmed ships arrived in Charelston with supplies and troops.
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KANSAS BECOMES FOURTH FREE STATE
- Fourth free state entering union as a free state.
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CONFEDERATE STATES JOINED WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS
- Joined with former US Amry officer, who is pres.
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CIVIL WAR BEGINS
- 50 cannons open fire on Fort Sumter Charleston, South Carolina.
