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Importation of slaves ends
Federal law passed no longer allowing importation of captive people. This was economic, social, and political -
The Missouri Compromise
For power to be balanced, congress admitted Missouri as a slave state and Main as a free state. This was Political. -
The Wilmot Proviso
An unsuccessful proposal for all the land gained in the Mexican war to be slave free. This was social, political, and economic. -
The Compromise of 1850
This compromise passed California to be part of the union, Texas becoming a state, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended, the slave trade in Washington, D.C. was abolished, and a territorial government was created in Utah. This was all economic, social, and political. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This act made it for run away slaves, even in free states, to be returned to their owner. This was economic. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was a book published about anti slavery. This was social and political. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise which created two new territories. This was economic. -
Bleeding Kansas
An era of violent outbreaks of between people pro and anti slave. This was economic, social, and political. -
The Caning of Charles Sumner
An attack upon Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts, by Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, using a walking cane. This was political. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. He escaped and resided to Illinois, a free state, for 10 years. He went to Missouri, which slavery is illigal there, to file a suit for his freedom. He lost the suit and latter in court it was determined that no person of African decent can be free. This was social and political.