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Missori comprimise of 1820
Congress said all states south of 36 30 paraellel were slave states, all north were free states. This caused a large amount of sectionilisim. -
Uncle Tom's cabin written
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was anti slavery. It helped lay groundwork for Civil War -
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Said that peoplein Kansas and Nebraska would use popular soverinty to determine if the state was free or slave. Led to fighting to see what would win. -
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John brown attacks Harper's Ferry
John Brown takes an aresnal in Harper's Ferry to try to start a slave revolt. It fails and he is killed -
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Civil War
American civil war was fought between US north and US south over slavery and secession. More deathes of US citizens than both world wars combined.
