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Compromise of 1820
It was a congressional agreement that regulated the extension of Slavery in the United States for thirty years. -
The wilmot proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was made to prevent the introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico. -
Free Soil Party
It was a Short-lived political party in the U.S. active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections. -
compromise of 1850
package of five bills passed in the united states. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
enacted to assist the south with maintaining a tight rein on a slave masters property. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Bleeding Kansas
It was the name that was given to the violence that occured in the Kansas territory. -
Slavery issue influences politics
The country was becoming more and more divided, and politics reflected that. -
The Dred Scott Case
Scott was in a no slave state for a while with out knowing. when they moved back to a slave state he tried buying his freedom and they wouldn't let him even know he was once a free man. -
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Republicans charged the democrats with wanting to make slavery legal in all states. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
His plan was to form a major slave rebellion in the South. -
The Election of 1860
Abe Lincoln won the election without a single southern vote.
