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Wilmot Proviso
This bill aimed to outlaw slavery in territories taken from mexico. hte bill passed in the house of representives but was deafted in the Senate thus causing a division in Congress. Although, not a success it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was the agrremant made the oreder that California was in the Union as a free state. the compromise was prepared by Henry Clay of Kentucky. This agreement allowed New Mexico and Utah territories. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. His vision of the novel was a slave, known as Ucle Tom, and his cruel master This also became a part of a long story that was published in an abolitionst newspaper. -
Popular sovereignty
The popular severeignty of people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representative. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was an act passes in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories abolished the missouri compromise, that was drafted to divide the nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska. -
Jhon Brown
Jhon Brown was a abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system. Durnig the bleeding Kansas conflicts, brown and his son led attacks on pro-slavery residants. Brown became a herp in the eyes of notherners and was quick to capitalize on his growing reputation. -
Jon C. Fremont
The first candidate of the anti-slavery was John C. Fremont. During the American Civil War, he was given command of department of the west by president Abraham Lincolln. He ran his department automatically, and made nasty decision without consulting washington D.C or president Lincoln. -
Confederate states of America
The confederate staes of America consisted of the government of 11 southern states that secceded from the Union carrying on an the affairs of a seperate government and conduction a major war untill defeated.