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Texas was paid $10million to scale back its claims. Washington D.C was required to end the slave trade but still let slavery be legal. California admitted as a free state.
The north got California and the south got the Fugitive slave act -
Stated a fugitive slave had to be returned to their masters.
Anyone who was housing a runaway slave could face 6months in prison.
Congress made it illegal to assist a fugitive slave. -
In 1852 the book uncle toms cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe sold 300,000 copies in 1 year and 2 million copies within five years.
The book is about a slave that gets treated bad by his master.
the made alot of people join the abolitionist movement after reading. -
This agreement allowed every territory to dicide the issue of slavery by vote -
Supreme court ruled that Dred Scott was not a citizen but property.
This ruling declared that the Missouri comp. prohibited slavery. -
Brown lead a group to attack a weapons arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
his goal was to gain control of the weapons.
However the raid failed. -
Lincoln was the only candidate against slvery.
He won but the map showed a very strong division between the north and south.
The south wanted to be their own country. -
It was a ferdral fort in south cali.
the south fired at fort sumter and the fort was very inder supplied and surrendered.
Prez. Lincoln asked for 75,000 volunteers.