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Missouri Compromise
Missouri wanted to be a non free state but was technically in the free territory. It would also give the south more power if that were to happen.So main became a free state and Missouri became a non free state. -
Compromise of 1850
This Compromise Made California enter as a free state,split Mexico's territory into new Mexico and Utah,ended slave trade in Washington D.C,Added fugitive slave law,settled the boarder between new Mexico and Texas. -
Fugitive Slave act
It was a law that required all people to capture all runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It talks about the evils of slavery and changed the minds of northerners. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
It was an act that made the territory's of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave that moved to a free state with his owner.Since he was in a free state and he wasn't free he went to court to argue to be freed. The court ruled he was still owned by his owner no matter the state. -
John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown led a group from Kansas to Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They were going to raid a Gun Warehouse to get weapons to revolt because he was a radical abolitionist. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln went against William Seward in Chicago.Lincoln won the election. -
South Carolina secedes
Jefferson Davis fought for slaves to be unenslaved in South Carolina.