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  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws passed to defuse tensions between the North and South over slavery but it ultimately failed to resolve the issue and increased sectional animosity.
  • fugitive slave act

    this was a part of the The Compromise of 1850. this law stated that all escaped slaves capched in a slave state had to be returned to there owner
  • uncle tom's cabin

    this is a book that showed the life of a slave
  • what to the slave is the fourth

    this was a speech saying that how can we be free with slavery
  • Kansas Nebraska act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowing their residents to decide whether to permit slavery through popular sovereignty.
  • bleeding kansas

    Bleeding Kansas was significant because it was a violent undeclared war in the Kansas Territory between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces that served as a critical precursor to the Civil War.
  • dred Scott vs Standford decision

    dred Scott vs Standford decision

    The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision was a landmark 1857 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not U.S. citizens and therefore had no right to sue in federal court
  • raid on harpers ferry

    raid on harpers ferry

    Brown and his 21 followers captured the armory and took hostages, but local militias and then U.S. Marines led by Colonel Robert E. Lee surrounded and defeated them.
  • Abraham Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln was first elected president on November 6, 1860, and was the 16th U.S. President. His victory, achieved by winning the Electoral College with 180 votes despite a divided popular vote, prompted several Southern states to secede, leading to the American Civil War.
  • South Carolina secseds

    South Carolina secseds

    South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, driven primarily by a fear that the federal government and northern states posed a threat to slavery.
  • the confediret states of America is formed

    the confediret states of America is formed

    By February 1861, seven Southern states had seceded. On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America.
  • fort sumpter

    fort sumpter

    On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, an event that marked the beginning of the American Civil War.