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Missouri compromise
This lowered tension because It allowed southern and northern spots in senate to be the same. -
Mexican war
This raised tension because it angered everyone. -
Wilmont provisio
This raised tension because it didnt allow slavery to spread -
California Gold Rush
Raised tension because then there was controversy over wether it was to be slave state or not. -
Compromise of 1850
This raised tension because it split up the north and south even more. -
Fugitive slave law
This lowered tension because it helped out the south with getting back their slaves. -
Republican party forms
This raised tension, splitting the country in two. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This raised tension in the north because they wanted it all gone. It also lowered tension in the south because they had a chance. -
Bleeding kansas
This raised tension because it put southern officials against northern. -
Charles sumner caned in senate
This raised tension because it split the senate more than before. -
Dredd scott vs sandford
This raised tension because this determined that slaves were property and no laws can be made to prevent slavery. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
This raised tension because southerners felt i was an attack on the south. -
Abraham elected president
This raised tension because the south thought he would take away everything they had. -
Southern states begin to secede
This raised tension because now ABraham lincoln had to perserve the union leading to the civil war. -
Battle at fort Sumter
This raised tension because it started off the civil war. -
Uncle tom's cabin published
This increased tension because it convinced people slavery was bad.
