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Mssouri Compromise
This kept a balance of power in the senate between slave states and free states.It also stopped the debate over slavery for a little while. Proposed by Henrry Clay. -
Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot wanted to banned slaery in any lands gotten from Mexico. -
Compromise of 1850
5 laws passed by congress but, they dscussed the ideas and argued about the laws. Slave tde banned in D.C. Fugitive slave law. California joined the U.S. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Pro-slavery and antislavery people rushee to Kansas to vote. In the end of it all the pro-slavery group had won. -
John Brown's attacks in Lawrence, KS
Brown's group killed five slavery supporters. The newspapers called the conflict "Bleeding Kansas" and the "Civil War in Kansas". -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott went to court to get his freedom because he was in free states. -
John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid
John Brown and his men killed 5 slave owners and gave the black's weapons. -
When Abe Lincoln was sworn into office
After Lincon was elected President southerners thought he was going to ban slavery. -
When South Carolina seceded from the Union
South Carolina's people thought they were not getting their state rights. -
When the Battle of Fort Sumter occurred
Jefferson Davis made a hitoric desicion to battle Fort Sumpter.
