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Missouri Compromise
An effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people -
Gag Rule
Series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery -
Wilmot Proviso
Prohibited the extension of slavery into the territories. -
Harreit Tubman escapes slavery
In 1849 she heard that she would be sold to a new owner farther south, she decided to escape her life as an enslaved person. She helped man people escape and they fled to Canada where there was freedom. -
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, was abolished. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom had a dream where he was whipped to death. -
Bleeding Kansas
warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott went to court to win his freedom, arguing that his stay in Wisconsin had made him a free man. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
final debate between Senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas -
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
He wanted slaves to be free and raided an ammunition store so the slaves could defend themselves -
Abraham Lincoln elected
United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election