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Wilmont Proviso
Stop slavery in the new states Slave owners in the south were scared -
Compromise Of 1850
congress argued what to do with the new territory keep the balance between slave and free states -
Fugitive Slave Law
if a slave runs away from their owner and knocks on your door, you have to return them or you will be a fugitive for helping them. managed to keep both sides satisfied. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Story calling for an end to slavery Divided the Nothe and the South -
Kansas Nebraska Act
people in the territories could decide for themselves wheather their state could allow slavery. people became flooding into kansas and nebraska. -
Bleeding Kansas
proslavery and abolitionists fought each other a small civil war errupted in kansas -
Dred Scott
slave that sued for his freedom. african americans were no citizens and could not sue. slaves were proprety. increased tension between the northern and southern states -
Lincon Douglas Debates
lincon debated slavery , and said slavery was bad but legal and should be expanded. lincon lost the election but became nationally famous. -
Harper's Ferry
john brown siezed the federal arsenal , the plan was to stir up a slave repult in virginia and end slavery. brown became a hero in the cause of slavery. -
Election Of 1860
voters voted mostly based on which section of the country they live in. lincon promised to keep slavery from spreading into the new territories , lincon won the election -
Fort Sumter
the south surrounded and fired at the north the north surrendered
