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wilmot proviso
congress refused to pass the provison.
debate over the provison set up a four year battle over slavery. -
fugitive slave law
to go help slaveholder recapture runaway slave -
compromise of 1850
from 1846-1850 congress about what to do with all the new territory we had gotten from mexico.
slave being sold in d.c -
uncle tom's cabin
hariet beecher stowe calling for an end of slavery
slavery is horrible,cruel,and unacceptable -
kansas nebraska act
people from their territories could decide from themselve whether their state would allow slavery....
people began flodding into kansas and nebraska -
bleeding kansas
small scale civil war in kansas.
became the rallying cry for the anti-slavery -
dred scott
slave sue for his freedom.
african american were not citizen and could not sue -
lincoln-douglas debates
debated slavery
slavery was wrong but legal -
harper's ferry
plan stir up a slave revolt in virginia and end slavery...
brown became a martyr (hero) in the cause of slavery... -
election of 1860
the voter in 1860 voted mostly based on which section of country they live in.
lincoln won the election. -
fort sumter
south opened fire on the north
the war begun
