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missouri compromise
Maine becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state. split the Louisiana purchase along 36 30 and the north became free and the south became slave states. This caused more of a division in the country, which helped lead to the Civil War -
fugitive slave act
This was a law thet required everyone one to help catch slaves who have escaped from the south. Anyone that helped the slaves escape could be fined $1000.This led up to the war because the north did not always follow the rules and the south was always angeredb -
Compromise of 1850
before the compromise of 1850 there were 15 free states and 15 slave states. this is significant to the civil war because many people were arguing about which states should be free and which states should be slave. Henry clay was also involved in this compromise. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
this was significant to the civil war because it made the North and South argue about whether the book was good or bad the South were against the book and the North liked the book. Abraham Lincoln said that this book started the war. Many people were torn with the book and everyone was arugueing aobu the book -
Kansas Nebraska Act
this was very significant to the war because many people were arguing about whether Nebraska should become a slave or not. Nebraska should have become a free state according to the Missouri compromise. the south however was angered so Nebraska was split and Kansas was born -
john brown massacre
john brown led a group of seven men and killed 5 innocent proslavery men. he pulled them from their cabins and split their heads with a broad sword. this was significant to the war because the orth praised him and he did not face any consequences and the south hated him. -
chaos in kansas
kansas held elections to determine if it would be free or slave. many proslavery men go to kansas to vote kansas a slave state. the north was angered by this because the voting was not fair because those men did not live in kansas -
CANED
charles sumner disespected fellow congressmen preston brooks uncle. then preston walks into the senate chamber and bea charles more than 30 times with a gold headed cane. this was significant to the war because the north was angered and the south wsa adding insult to injury by sending brooks more canes -
the Ruling Of Dred Scott
Dred Scott's master John emerson died and Scott sued for his freedom claming that he was free because he spent several years in free territories. He got to the supreme court and they said that he did not have a right to sue because he was not a citizen he was property. this angered -
john brown raid on harpers ferry
John brown led a group of men to capture federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia.he believed an army of slves would rise up in a rebellion with him. This was very significant to the war because after John Brown was hung he became a martyr to the antislavery cause and many more people defended slavery
