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A literate black slave that lived in the Richmond area launched a large scale slave revolt. Governor Monroe quickly crushed the rebellion. Result was slaves could no longer congregate on Sundays without supervision
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Agreement made to keep the balance of slave and free states equal. Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine added as a free state in 1821.
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War between Mexico and the United States that started as the result of the annexation of Texas, a boundary dispute and the U.S's desire to obtain Mexico's northern territories.
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The agreement between Mexico and the U.S. that ended the war and stated that Mexico would Cede its northern territory to the U.S.
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Act that superseded The Missouri Compromise and allowed the territories in that state to decide whether or not they were to be free or slave territories based on popular sovereignty.
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The case that found The Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Finding that Congress had no say in declaring what territories could or could not be slave or free states.