Wilmot Proviso

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Wilmot Proviso

Governor that proposes banning slavery in territories from Mexico

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Free Soil

Pro labor, but still appealed to racism. Made to advance cause of white men

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Comprise of 1850

Slave trade is prohibited but slaves residing in the area are not

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Northern whigs along with upset dem made the Republican Party and were dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery

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Dred Scott decision

denied the legality of black citizenship

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John Brown

White abolitionist; attacked Harper’s ferry

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Election of 1860

Democratic Party splits into north and south; Lincoln is elected and 7 states leave the union

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Fort Sumer

First shots are fired by confederate, war starts