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Submitted on February 13th 1819
The Tallmadge amendment was a bill written by representative James Tallmadge of New York that stated that Missouri could join the union but only as a free state. The north thought that the bill was a great idea and strongly agreed with it. The south however thought the bill was unfair as they would lose power in the government and if congress could make states free they could start imposing anti-slavery bills.

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The compromise was made in 1820. It was made by congress and it stated that Missouri would enter the union as a slave state and Maine which now wanted to enter the union would enter as a free state. In the north congressmen who voted for the Missouri compromise were labeled traitors. In the south slaveholders resented the ban on slavery in territories that could later become states.

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The rule was made in May of 1836. It stated that congress would set aside indefinitely-all anti slavery petitions. Abolitionists called this the gag rule because it silenced all congressional debate over slavery. The northerners were mad when the "gag rule" was passed because it silenced them in the government. The southerners however tightened their iron fist around the south with how slaves were transported and freedom of speech.

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The Compromise was adopted in September of 1950. It stated that California would be admitted to the union as a free state and New Mexico and Utah territories could choose if they wanted to allow slavery. In addition clay's plan ended slavery in Washington D.C. The compromise kept everybody wary when it was accepted.

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The fugitive slave act said that a person arrested as a runaway slave had almost no legal rights. It also stated that any person that aided the a runaway slave or refused to cooperate could be jailed. The northerners did not want to enforce this act because it would mean many of them would be forced to become slave catchers. The southerners felt the act didn't do enough and it enraged them when the northerners refused to support the act.

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Uncle Tom's cabin was a story about a slave and his cruel master who whipped him to death. After the story was written it aroused lots of emotions about slavery from both sides of the country. The story made northerners hate slavery even more. In the south the author was scorned and cursed at by most people.

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The Kansas Nebraska act was a act that passed in 1854. It created two new territories(Kansas and Nebraska) It abolished the Missouri compromise and said that the settlers could decide whether to permit slavery or not. The northerners hated the idea of the states becoming slave states so they sent weapons to antislavery settlers. The south sent their young men to Kansas. The struggle soon turned violent with both sides raiding the other and it worried the government.

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The Dred Scott case happened in 1857. It was about a slave named Dred Scott who traveled to Wisconsin a free state with his master. when he got back he went to court to say his stay in Wisconsin made him a free man. The court had to make a decision about whether he was a citizen and whether his stay in Wisconsin make him a free man. On March 6th of 1857 the supreme court ruled 7-2 against Dred Scott saying that he could not sue for his freedom. They also said he could never be a citizen. The northerners were stunned by the ruling and called the court things like wicked and they had false judgement. The southerners though were delighted because they though that the issue of slavery in the territories had been settled.