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Missouri Compromise
agreement by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal. -
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Slavery Timeline
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Free-Soil Party
To keep slavery out of westren states. -
Compromise of 1850
California joined the union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe wriiten to show the evils of slavery and the injustice of fugitive slave act. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
giving the settlers the right of popular sovereignity to decide on the issue of slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri -
Formation of Republican Party
Party to keep slavery out of the westren territories. -
Dred-Scott Case
A slave, sue for his freedom and lost. The case brought into question the federal power over salvery in territories. -
John Brown’s Raid
John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. He would seize the arms and ammunition in the federal arsenal, arm slaves in the area and move south along the Appalachian Mountains, attracting slaves to his cause. -
Election of 1860
Election for the new president of untied states.