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The legislation that provided for the admission of Maine to the US.

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Was a series of seven debates between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

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The 19th quadrennial presidential election to select the president and vice president of the US.

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It occurred during the night of may 24: in reaction t the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by pro slavery forces.

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Was a package of five separate bills passed by the US congress.

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The Compromise of 1850 Explained: US History Review

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It was the supreme courts ruling, that having lived in a free state/ territory did not entitle a slave.

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The Dred Scott Decision Explained: US History Review

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A plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana purchase into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act Explained: US History Review

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Fiction book, also informed people about the evils of slavery.

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Made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed official to arrest those slaves in free areas.

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the idea that political power belongs to the people, who should decide on banning or allowing slavery.

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He warned that a future court ruling, or what he called ¨the next dred scott decision" would prohibit states from banning slaver.

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A network of people who arranged transportation and hiding places for fugitives, or escaped slaves.

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He supported the idea of building a railroad to the pacific ocean.

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Slavery was an important cause of the Civil War. The north wanted slavery to end, and the south didn't want it to end.