Kansas-Nebraska Act
Election of 1860
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Compromise of 1850
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
said Kansas and Nebraska could use popular sovereignty to decide slavery -made North ANGRY
Brought the issue of slavery to the North-ALL northern states had to help return runaway slaves
TEMPORARILY relieved tensions between North and South-said North would be FREE and South would be SLAVE
said Missouri compromise was unconstitutional and black people could never be citizens-slavery could spread!
Book that showed the evils of slavery-caused people to join abolitionist movement
Lincoln was elected. South was upset, thought he would get rid of slavery-South Carolina seceded.
Bloody conflict over slavery
California entered as a FREE state-other territories we got from Mexico are open to slavery
