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Compromise of 1850
proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law -
Fugitive Slave Act
Stipulated that anyone convicted of helping a fugitive was objected to a fine and imprisonment -
Underground Railroad
It was a network of "safe places" that runaway slaves could stop on their journey to the north -
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Compromise of 1850
Provided that California be admitted as a free state -
Republican Party
Opposed slavery on moral grounds -
Republican Party
Believed that the spread of slavery the threatened the free labor system -
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Established popular sovereignty in new territories -
Dred Scott decision
Held that being on free territory did not make a slave free. -
The raid on Harpers Ferry
Led by abolitionist John Brown captured Brown found guilty of murder, treason, was executed. -
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Dred Scott decision
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The raid on Harpers Ferry
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The Election of Lincoln to the presidency
Lincoln wasn't on ballots, in the South S.C seeds the Union -
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The election of Lincoln to the presidency
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Civil War
The civil war has started. -
Civil War
Confederate soldiers fire the first shots on Union troops at Fort Sumter to start the Civil War -
The Civil War
The confederate will win the battle of bull run -
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Civil War
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Ulysses S. Grant leads the civil war
led the union army to the west. Led the union to a victory in battle of shiloh. -
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Uylsses S. Grant leads Civil War
