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Missouri compromise
It was a effort by congress to stop political and sectional differences.
The North thought the Southern states would gain more power.
They wanted to be able to own slaves -
Compromise of 1850
It was to avert a crisis between North and South.
which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states -
Fugitive Slave Law
It was art of the compromise of 1850
a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
A act that make Nebraska and Kansas not allowed to own slaves.
People had conflicts between the pro and anti slavery which led to many violent acts from the people
It helped pave the way for the American Civil War -
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
It gave the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories
a slave who had lived with his owner in a free state before returning to the slave state of Missouri.
The court found that no black, free or slave, could claim U.S. citizenship, and blacks were unable to petition the court for their freedom -
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Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
He attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery.
Brown was tried by the state of Virginia for treason and murder, and he was found guilty on November 2. -
Election of 1860
Election consists of Abe Lincoln, John Bell, John Breckinridge, and Stephan Douglas.
Lincoln won election
South Carolina seceded from the Union -
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Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th President
He was assassinated in 1865
He freed the slaves -
Battle of Antietam
Known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
Known as the bloodiest day in the American Civil War
The battle left 23,000 men killed or wounded -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was a proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln
Its made all slaves free
It made the southern states upset -
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Battle of Gettysburg
Largest battle of the American Civil War
More men died that day then any other battle in American history
it only lasted 3 days