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Link The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were created to give more civil liberties that were being held back by former documents.
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Link The Hartford Convention met to draw up a treaty to the War of 1812. However a treaty was already made up before they finished their own.
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Link The Missouri Compromise created the 36 30 line. This line was over missouri and no state above it was a slave state.
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Link The Tariff of Abominations was used to stop the high government taxes on imported goods.
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Link South Carolina tried to nullify on this day. However it failed.
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Link On this day the slavery act was put down and stopped slavery in UK.
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Link Texas had fought the Mexican War, and were finally rewarded with independence from Mexico.
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Link James Polk was our 11th president he was elected on this day.
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Link The Mexican War was fought between the US and Mexico over borders and land, such as New Mexico and Texas.
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Link The Wilmot Proviso was used to help purchase land form Mexico with 2 million dollars.
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Link The fugitive slave law is enacted which made it illegal to help an escaping slave. You were now forced to turn him or her in.
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Link California officially enters the union as a free state.
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Link Uncle Tom's Cabin is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this book displayed some of the inhumane practices used against slaves.
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Link The Kansas Nebraska act gave the people of Nebraska and Kansas the ability to choose eiter slavery or no slavery, it was one of the beginning pieces of the Civil war.
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Link The Republican party is formed, they are a group of people against slavery of all kinds.
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Link The Border Ruffians attack Lawrence burning down buildings and trashing the city as a whole.
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Link Charles Sumner is attacked after blaming the countries problems on a South Carolina senate man. He is brutally beaten wiht a cane.
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Link The Pottawatomie Creek massacre was when anti-slavery colonists killed several pro slavery colonists in Pottawatomie Creek.
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Link Dred Scott loses his case to Sanford and goes back to slavery.
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Link When Kansas voted on a law to ban free slaves. It was approved. But would later be rejected in 1861.
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Link John Brown led a raid against Harpers Ferry to free slaves, he hoped to free many on his way down south. However, all his plans went wrong. He was later hanged for his crimes committed.
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Link The Constitutional Union party was formed it's representative would be John Bell in the 1860 election.
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Link The democrats split into the north ad south democrats. One for slavery, one for popular sovreignty, and one against slavery.
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Link Abraham Lincoln would win the election wiht only 40% of the voters voting for him.
