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Wilmont Proviso
The bill aimed tro outlaw slavery in the territories taken from Mexico. The bill passed in the House of Repersentative but was deafeated in the senate thus causing a division in congress. Although,not a success it led to be the formation of the Free soil party. -
The Compromise
Henry Clay made a plan to solve Califonia problems to make the North happy he would free state and slave trade woul be abolished in washiongton D.C. To keep the north happy they wont pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won in Mexico. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator Stephan A. Douglas drafted a bill for governing the Nebraska Territory into two territories Nebraska and Kansas. They decision about whether to allow slavery In these territories was settled by popular soverignty. If the bill was passes it would result of getting ride of the Missouri Compromise -
Bleeding kansas
Proslavery and anitislavery settlers went to Kansas territory to vote for the territories legislature.There were more prosalvery settlers than antislavert in the territory.Most of the proslavery came to vote in the election illegally. Antislavery settlers boycotted the offical governmant and formed a government of their own and are attacked.Then a abolitionist named John Brown retaliates by murdering five proslavery people. War breaks out in the kansas terriotory. -
Caning Of Sumner
Senator Charles Sumner gives a speech of attacking the proslavey forces of Kanses. In his speech it was full of insults. He even made fun of A.P. Butler a sentar of South Carolina. One of the Buttlers relatives had heard the speech anf for that attacked sumner. Southerners cheerede for Brooks defence. -
Dred Scott.V Stanford
Dread Scott was a slave in Missouri his owner took him to live in a territories where slavery was illegal. When his owner died Scott sued for his freedom he said he was a free man because he lived in a free territories were slavery was illegal.His case went tro the Supreme Cort. Because he was not a U.S. citizen he could not sue in a U.S. court -
Attack on the Harpor Ferry
John Brown inspires slaves to fight for their freedom to do this he took the weapons in the U.S. arsental at Harpers Ferry he killed four people.Then he sent out the world to ralley and arm local slaves. The U.S. marines attacked Brown. He was hanged and abolitionists tolled bells and fired guns. insalute. -
Election
In the election it turned into two different races for the presidency one in the North the other in the South. Lincoln and Douglas were the only candidies in the North. Breckinridge and bell competed for southern vote. Lincon and Brckinridge were consisdered to have the most extereme views on slavery.Lincoln opposed trhat expansion.