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Wilmot proviso
congress tried to stop the spread of slavery.
he failed, but south is concerned. -
Compromise of 1850
slave holders recuptive runaway slaves., keep both sides satisfied -
Fugitive slave law
to help slave holders recapture runaway slaves.
they managed to keep both sides satisfied & prevented a permanent split before the civil war. -
Kansas nebraska act
people in the territories could decide for themselves whether their state would allow slavery.
people began flooding into kansas and nebraska. -
Bleeding kansas
small scale civil war in kansas and trying to get the people vote.
''bleeding kansas''. -
Dred scott
slave sued for his freedom african americans were not citizens and could not sue. slaves were property.
increased the tension between the northern and southern states. -
Harper's Ferry
jonh Brown stir up a slave revolution virginia & end slavery -
Election of 1860
promised to keep slavery from spreading into the new territories.
lincoln won breakdown of compromises.
southern states secede -
Fort sumter
the south opened fire on the north., and the north surrendered.....the war began.
