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Kansas- Nebraska Act
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1854
debates: slavery,TCRR allowed Kansas - Nebraska to use popular sovereignty divided the territory into 2 FAILURE LED TO BLEEDING KANSAS |
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Bleeding Kansas
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1855-56
debates: Kansas - Nebraska Act first violent outbrakes between north and south FAILURE PEOPLE DIED |
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Caning Sumner
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1856
debates: north vs. south, slavery, bleeding Kansas preston berks canned Charles Sumner (out of politics for 3 yrs) FAILURE |
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Dred Scott Decision
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1857
debates: can a slave sue for freedom?, Is a slave property?, Is slavery legal? slaves cannot sue, they are property Missouri Comprise is null/viod not citizens, no legal rights slavery is legal SUCCESS FOR SOUTH |
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Lincoln - Douglas Debates
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1858
debates: Lincoln & Douglas both running for Illinois slavery Lincoln against slavery Douglas popular sovereignty DOUGLAS WINS/LINCOLN GAINS SUPPORT |
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election of Lincoln
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1860
debate: presidential election of 1860 Lincoln war FAILURE WAR |
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Missouri Comprise
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1820
debates: Henry Clay, balance of power in Congress, how to divide Louisiana purchase 36°30° dividing line for slavery Missouri and Maine added to the Union TEMPORARY SUCCESS, DRED SCOTT RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
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Mexican American War
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1846-48
debates: manifests destiny, CA,TX,Mexico, border dispute US recieves Mexican Cession treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Rio Grande R, boundary b/w US&Mexico US paid 15 million |
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Gadsen Purchase
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1854
debates: M-A War,TCRR 29,670 mi. of Mexico became AR & NM provided land for TCRR SUCCESS, ABLE TO USE FOR TCRR, REDUCE TENSION B/T MEXICO & US |
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Wilmot Proviso
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Aug 8, 1846
debates: gaining of territory, what to do w/ land from M-A War wants to outlaw slavery FAILURE |
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Compromise of 1850
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1850
debates: what to do with Mexican Territory, slavery, balance of power CA free state enforce fugitive slave law popular sovereignty in Mex.Ces stop slave in D.C. SUCCESSFUL FOR A LITTLE BIT |
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Ostend Manifesto
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1854
debates: slave states vs. free states tries to enter Cuba as a slave state FAILURE SPAIN DIDN'T WANT TO SELL, NORTH BLOCKED SALE |
