Missouri Compromise - Added Maine to keep a balance between free and slave states. Prohibited slavery in future states north f the 36'30 parallel, Compromise of 1850 - A series of laws: California became a free state; popular sovereignty would be used in New Mexico & Utah; slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C.; a new fugitive slave law, Fugitive Slave Act - Legally forced all citizens to help in the return of runaway slaves, Kansas Nebraska Act - Allowed popular sovereignty to decide whether to allow slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase, Bleeding Kansas - A series of violent arguments between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers , Uncle Tom's Cabin - A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Talked about the cruelty of slavery that became a bestseller, Dred Scott v. Sandford - A Supreme Court ruling: It made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional; said that slavery had to be allowed in all territories; enslaved people were property; African Americans were not U.S. citizens, John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry - An attempt to seize weapons to arm enslaved people and start a revolt, Popular Sovereignty - States vote to decide whether to allow slavery, Sectionalism - means putting the interest of your region ahead of the common good of the country, Underground Railroad - A network of routes, safe hiding places and people who helped enslaved people escape to freedom, Cotton gin - The invention of this machine led to an increased need for enslaved labor,

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