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Civil War
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Compromise of 1850
President Millard Fillmore said that California and Washington D.C. will not tolerate slavery. Neither side would be satisfied. -
Fugitive Slave of 1850
The government of the North forced the citizens to capture the slaves that went up into the north. This made the north hate the south even more. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a slave who got beat up. Northerners can now see the human side of slavery, not the politic side. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas proposed this in 1853 then, the act was published in 1854. Nebraska and Kansas would be able to chose wither they want to have slaves or not. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas held a illegal voting session for pro-slavery or anti-slavery. Kansas decided to be both instead of people getting mad that they were not chosen to be that in Kansas. -
The Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott tried to sue but he could not because he was not a citizen. He thought he was free because he was in free soil. This set the definition that slaves are property. -
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln and Douglas were in a debate for slavery. Douglas won the election and he was for popular sovereignty. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He wanted to seize the guns that the U.S. Army had there. He was unsuccessful, later he got hanged of murder.
