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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that was published to show the viewpoints from a slave. They did this because they wanted everyone to know the harsh conditions they worked in and to encourage slavery to stop. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was created to take away the Missouri Compromise line, popular sovereignty, and create new territories. -
Republican Party
This was created to prevent slavery from expanding. -
Bloody Kansas
The Bloody Kansas was pro-slavery and anti-slavery having fights to find out if Kansas should be a free state or not. -
John Brown
He was a widely known abolitionist that advocated against slavery. He was involved in the issues in the Bloody Kansas and he tried to start a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry. -
Election 1856
This election showed how divided the nation was at this point. -
Brooks-Sumner Incident
Sumner was giving a speech which offended Brooks and Sumner got beat with a cane 🤪. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave. He sued his owner, but didn't win the court case since he wasn't a free man and they ruled the Missouri Comprise unconstitutional. -
House Divided Speech
In this speech Abraham Lincoln stated that since they ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional slavery was now able to be extended into the North. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
This debate was between Abraham Lincoln and Douglas basically at the end they concluded that popular sovereignty could prevent slavery from spreading. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown raided the Harpers Ferry in order to get the weapons and arm the slaves in order to rebel. -
LeCompton Constitution
This is the constitution made by Kansas and stated no free African American could come into the state and protected slavery rights. -
Election 1860
This election showed how divided the nation was. -
Secession
This is whenever all the states started to leave the union. -
Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address
This was written to keep the states from leaving the union.