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Importation of slaves ends
The Importation of slaves ended by the Act, this made the importations of slaves in any of the ports or places within the area of the United States. -
The Compromise of 1820
The Compromise of 1820 was when the legislation noted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state, both happened at the same time. -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a plan to ban slavery in territory that was claimed from Mexico in the Mexican-American War, however this plan was unsuccessful. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise was five bills that the Congress of the United States passed which made the tension between slave and the free states go away before the American Civil War. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This act forced slaves even in the free states to go back to their "owners". -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Uncle Tom's Cabin was based off a story of a slave name Uncle tom who became friends a white girl who was sick, the girls father bought the Tom because he saved the mans daughter. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act disapproved of the Missouri Compromise, which created two new territories. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was an event that happened due to The Kansas Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas had a series of violent confrontations in the Kansas Territory, as well as a little bit in western Missouri. -
The Caning of Charles Sumner
The Caning of Charles happened when brooks beat his cane against Sumner's head, this caused Sumner to not be able to help in the legislation for a while. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri who resided in Illinois, later he moved back to Missouri to live as a free man but a new suit in federal court made him or any other "negro" or descendants of slaves not be able to become a citizen.