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End of Mexican War
With the Mexican war over, America could now go to other places in the west and south such as California, Utah, Texas, etc. -
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Top 9 Events that led to Civil War
The 9 events that led to the most bloody war for Americans, The Civil War. -
Fugitive Slave Act
this made any officer that did not arrest a run away slave pay a fine for not arresting them -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Was Released
this showed the real evils of slavery -
Bleeding Kansas shocked Northerners
Let the kansas territories to decied if they wanted to be free or slave states -
Charles Sumner is Attacked by Preston on the Floor of the Senate
attacked Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner had given a speech attacking the pro-slavery forces for the violence occurring in Kansas. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott lost his case for proving that he was a slave in a free state. -
Lecompton Constitution Rejected
When the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, Kansas was allowed to determine whether it would enter the union as free or slave. -
John Brown Raided Harper's Ferry
John Brown was a radical abolitionist who had been involved in anti-slavery violence in Kansas. On October 16, 1859, he led a group of seventeen including five black members to raid the arsenal located in Harper's Ferry, Virginia -
Abraham Lincoln Was Elected President
the south seperated from the union because Abraham Lincoln was elected presiedent of the United States. South Carolina had warned him about the south seperating if he was elected.
