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1848 BCE
the wilmot proviso
it said that the land aquired from the mexican war should not be slave states (red) - southerners tought they should be slaves states -
missouri crisis
The crisis was that should missouri be a slave state or not a slave state and what the boundery of slavery should be (red)- both north and south fought over if missouri should be a slave state or not -
missouri compromise
Missouri was granted state hood as a slave state and maine became a union state. mason dixion line made (blue)- because it gave each state a state -
nat turner's slave revolt
It was a slave revolt that took place in Virginia (red)- the revolt caused the southern slave owners to get mad. -
william garrison Publishes the liberator
A newspaper about anti- slavery (red)- angered the southerners -
texas annexation
texas became part of the US (red)- it eventually became a slave state and it was more territory to fight over -
comprominse of 1850
cali went to the union and new hampshier and utah to chose slave laws (blue)- laws passed to satisfy both sides -
Fugative slave law
made is a law that if you found a run away slave you had to return it to it's owner. (red) said that slaves were property -
underground railroad
It was a series of safe houses and routes that run away slaves used to escape to free states or canada (red)- the southerners would try and catch people would had the safe houses or the run away slaves on the move. -
publication of uncle tom's cabin
An anti slave novel written by harriet beecher (red) - the anti slave book angered the southerns -
Formation of the Republican party
The whigs and anti- slavery people met in wisconsin to form the GOP (red)- this party opposed the southern democrats -
kansas- nebraska act
created kansas and nebraska (blue)- added states to the country -
bleeding kansas
Political confrontations between anti- slavery and pro slavery people (red)- there was fighting between the two sides that ended violently. -
Dred Scott v. Standford
slave that argued that he stayed in a free state long enough lost because it said that slaves were property and didn't have rights (red) made north mad because it said slaves were property -
Lincoln douglas debates
A series of seven debates between republican candidate Lincoln and Democratic incumbent Douglas (red)- the two sides debated over who should be the next president -
john brown's raid at harper's ferry
It was an attempt by white anti slave people to start a slave revolution by taking a US arsenal in virginia (red)- the attempt angered the southerners -
election of 1860
abraham lincoln was elected (red) south got made because he was going to bed slavery
