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Missouri Compromise
United States federal statue devised by Henry Clay -
Mexican War
Mexico and America fighting over land -
Wilmot Proviso
Designed to eliminate slavery in the land that was won from the mexican-american war -
California Gold rush
the largest mass migration in american history -
fugitive slave law
passed by the united states congress -
fugitive slave law
passed by the united states congress -
Compromise of 1850
was a package of five seperate bills passed by the united states congress -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
A book that talked about slavery -
Republican Party forms
Whigs began meeting in the upper midwestern states -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Letting the people decide to be a free or slave states -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
African american the was made to be a slave in a free state -
John Browns Raid
John brown trys to steal guns from an armory -
Abraham Licoln elected president
he became president -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Confederate forces open fire on fort sumter -
Southern states begin to secede
South Carolina was the first to leave to form a new nation -
"Bleeding Kansas"
Series of violent political confrontations