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Uncle Tom's Cabin published
It was published on March 20, 1852. Harriett Beecher Stowe was the author. The book changed many northerners perceptions of African Americans and slavery. Many people believe that her book may have been one of the causes of the civil war. The south tried really hard to ban her book. -
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The Civil War
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The act was passed on May 30, 1854. The US congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Stephen Douglas was determined to get the great plains settled. Douglas wanted to undo the missouri compromise to allow slavery above the missouri compromise line. He tried to avoid the issue of slavery by allowing the people of the new territory to practive popular sovereignty. -
Dread Scott Decision
The Supreme court handed down their decision on March 6,1857. Dread Scott was a slave hoe said that he had been emancipated becsue of living with his mater in Illinois where slavery was forbidden by the missouri compromise. The Dread Scott v. Sanford cas was the first case that the supreme court had invalidated a major piece of federal legislation. The final decision said that congess had no power to prohibit slavery in federal territories. The case lasted 11 years.
