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Missouri Compromise
Effort to diffuse sectional political rivalries caused by Missouri's request to enter as a slave state. By entering as a slave state, balance of slave and free states would shift. -
Mexican American War
After winning the war, the U.s received all of California, Nevada, and Utah and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming which raised the issue of slavery. This war led to the Compromise of 1850. -
Wilmont Proviso
Proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory the U.S received after the Mexican War. This fueled the problems between North and South because it would tip the balance. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise settled the four year political rivalry between slave and free states by putting implementing things such as the Fugitive Slave Law. This compromise prevented the South's secession for awhile. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Gave slaveholders legal ways to capture runaway slaves. The act aided in convincing many unsure northerners to anti-slaery. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Stowe that had a big effect on attitudes towards slavery. It had an effect in the election of Abraham Lincoln. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed each territory to decide to be a slave or free state based on popular sovereignty. -
Le Compton Constitution
Permitted slavery, excluded free blacks from living in Kansas, and allowed only white men to vote, creating a government supportive of slavery. -
Dred Scott Vs Sandford
Gave right to slave owners to take their slaves into western territories which underminded the Republican Party's platform. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
This debate put Lincoln in the public eye and were staged as part of race for a seat in the senate. These debates were focused on the issue of slavery. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Attempt to start an armed slave revolt that they hoped would spread to the south. -
Election of 1860
Republican candidate won which made the South feel like they no longer had a voice in politics. This resulted in a couple states seceding from the union. -
South Carolina Secedes from Union
South Carolina was the first state to withdrawl from the Union and other states would soon follow, resulting in the Confederacy. -
Crittenden Compromise
An attempt at preventing the secession that was rejected by both the North and South. -
"Bleeding Kansas"
The war between slavery and anti-slavery in Kansas that would ultimately lead to the end of the Union. -
Attack On Fort Sumter
Was the first battle of the Civil War and was preceded by the secession of other states.
