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Events and items that lead to the cause of the Civil War.
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The Wilmot Proviso was a propasal made by David Wilmot that stated that the territory acquired in the Mexican War should be open to slavery. This proposal angered many southerners because their main work force was made up of slaves. Slavery was also the south's main source of income at the time.
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Doctrine intended to let citizens decide wether or not to allow slavery in the newly found territories.
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Strong anti-immigrant settlement.
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Harriet Tubman, or "Moses" as some slaves called her, was a runaway slave who led hundreds of slaves to freedom over the course of ten years.
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Document consisting of five laws dealing with the issue of slavery. Amended the Fugitive Slave Act and abolished the slave trade in Washington, D.C. This document also added California into the Union as a free state and created a territorial government in Utah. Settled the boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico.
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Law passed by congress that caused escaped slaves in the north to be trialed by jury before being sent back to their owners.
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Book credited with helping the abolitionist cause in the 1850's. Published by Harriet Beecher who was an active abolitionist at the time.
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Short lived political party in the U.S. that was active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections.
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Dred Scott was a slave of missouri who had ascaped his owner Sanford.
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Franklin Pierce was behind the showing tension between the North and the South.
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Anti-slavery activists.
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Document that stated that slavery would now be allowed in the territory in the north and the issues of slavery would be decided by the residents.
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Opposition to the Compromise of 1850.
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President who got support mainly from northern staes.
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Preston Brooks was known for beating Charles Sumner with a cane after an arguement in congress.
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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An attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slavery revolt in 1859.
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A military abolitionist who was convicted of treason.
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The election for the battles of slavery in 1860.
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The secede of South Carolina.
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Presidency of Civil War.
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Politician in Congress that helped pass Clay's compromise by taking each amendment and breaking it down one by one.
