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Missouri Compromise
The missouri compromise began in 1819 when Missouri annouced the hope to get away from the union. After long deliberation the government allowed Missouri to secceed. But this decision was made in two parts. First Missouri could be a slave state but maine was entered in as a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
Territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. California would be admitted as a free state. To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, With this decision the decidded to put the fugitive slave act into play. -
Kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas Nebraska act repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in the territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude. It also decided that each states citizens would be able to decide there states fate when it came down to slavery -
Founding the Republican party
It all started with people who opposed slavery. They were common, everyday people who bristled at the notion that men had any right to oppress their fellow man. They became the national party in 1856. But Became the most well known after the election of Abe Lincoln. -
Dred Scott Case
This case led to the juristiction that all African Americans freed or slaved are nor will ever be citizens. Dred scott lost the case due to the fact that he was black therefore he had to right to sue. -
John Brown and Harpers ferry
John borwans attack on Harper Ferry Started with John brown killing five white men in the kansas territory for trying to turn it into a slave state. A few days later John and twenty one other men went and attacked harpers Ferry Which was a US military arsinal. A short time later John Brown was put on trial and hung. -
The election of 1860
The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate in 1856, was opposed to the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the party's nominee in 1860, was seen as a moderate on slavery. Abe Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, and John Bell, were the canidates. Almost immediately following his election, Southern states began withdrawing from the Union, setting the stage for a civil war and the creation of a new state. -
Sothern secession
After Abe Lincoln was voted in as president, the southern states became affraid for there alliged "Slave-right" and for there economy. By Feb 1, 1861 South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had also severed their ties to the United States.