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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement that allowed Maine to enter the union as a free state, and Missouri the enter the union as a free state, to resolve a debate over the border between free and slave states.
- It set Missouri as this boundary line, which increased tension by creating a clear division between north and south states
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Nat Turner Rebellion
- Nat turner was a slave in Virginia, who claimed he experienced a religious vision telling him to end slavery.
- Turner led the only successful slave rebellion In 1831, he led a group of blacks in a violent rebellion, killing 55 whites. This increased tensions between the north and the south because the south became scared, and in response tightened laws restricting slaves even further, ending all hope that the south would give up slavery voluntarily.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- officially titled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement
- signed in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo The U.S agreed to pay Mexico 15 million dollars in return for one third of its northern territory. It increased tensions between the north and the south because the U.S gained new lands, so it ted to the son to be heavily debated question of would the new territories be free or slave states.
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Compromise of 1850
-This act was 5 separate laws
-The fugitive slave act was the deal breaker-most controversial part of the acts
Was intended as a compromise, it ruled California a slave state, strengthened Fugitive Slave Act, favored New Mexico in a border dispute, abolished slave trade in district of Columbia, and invoked popular sovereignty. Increased tensions between the north and south because of dispute over the Fugitive slave act, it was meant to aid the south but the north refused to acknowledge it. -
Fugitive Slave act
- It was part of the Compromise of 1850
- when brought to court, according to this law, defendants (slaves), could not defend/represent themselves. This Law, passed in 1850, aided southern slaveholders and make it much easier for them to reclaim runaway slaves, and also sometimes free blacks that weren't even runaways. It increased tensions between the north and south because while the south supported it, the north was angered and violently protested, refusing to acknowledge the law.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
- written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852.
- Circulated for years after its publishing, influencing many to join the abolitionist movement. Was a book supporting anti-slavery, gained sympathy by talking about the real life cruelty of slavery, including whippings and sexual assault. It increased tensions between the north and south by causing more people to oppose slavery, adding opposition to the movement, and making it even harder the reach compromise between the north and south.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
- led to violent conflict "bleeding Kansas" invoked popular sovereignty Law that divided Indian territory into Kansas and Nebraska. Repealed the Missouri compromise, allowing the states to determine by a vote of the people in the state whether it would be a free or slave state. It increased tensions between the north and south by leading to violent fighting between abolitionists and pro slavery people, who fought over whether or not the new territories would allow slaves
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"Bleeding Kansas"
- Caused by passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Kansas eventually ended up being a slave state Referred to violent battles between pro slavery advocates and abolitionists over the fate of Kansas, and whether it would be a free or slave state. It increased tensions between the north and south because the two sights were fighting, and it was becoming harder to create compromises over slavery to please both sides.
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Brooks attacks Sumner
- Sumner injured for years, eventually reelected
- Brooks also reelected senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist, gave a speech criticizing senator Andrew Butler of South California, and attacks slavery. So, a distant cousin of Butlers, Preston Brooks, beat up Sumner with a cane. This increased tensions between the north and south because it was a public violent act between the two sides that led to violence, influencing others to take strong sides,and use violence instead of compromising.
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Dred Scott v. Stanford
- argued in 1856, decided in 1857 -Roger B. Taney was chief justice at the time the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Increased tensions between the north and south because sided with south instead of compromise, which angered the north, increasing tensions, making the north want to rebel.
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Lincoln-Douglas debates
-Douglas was reelected
-Lincoln was recognized by America
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. Lincoln was against slavery, and Douglas was for it. Increased tensions between north and south because instead of compromising the issue was debated, not resolved, leading to future conflict (civil war). -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
- 1 of Brown's sons killed in fighting
- John Brown was an abolitionist himself John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort to initiate an armed slave revolt in by taking over a U.S arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Brown's party was defeated by the U.S. Marines. This increased tensions between the north and south because the north became angered that slavery was continuing, and the south was angry at the north for violently attacking their ships. This led to violence and conflict.
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Election of 1860
- first republican president- scared the south
- democrat party split out, letting republicans swoop in and win the election United States presidential election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. increased tensions between north and south because south became scared, feared their property, slaves, would be taken away, increasing tension so much that they seceded from the north.
