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In 1800 Gabriel Prosser who was a slave organizes a slave riot to march in Virginia. They ended up getting killed. It was the first major slavery riots. Slaves were fighting against slavery but they ended up being killed.

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April 30th, 1803 It doubled the size of America and made room for more states. This led to the civil war because the more states it adds the more controversial it was.

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A law was passed that slaves were not able to be brought into the U.S anymore. The south would be very mad and upset at this new thing but the north was happy.

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In 1812 the U.S declared war on Britain for interfering with the shipping and slaves. This was good for the north because this slowed down slaves so the south was very mad.

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In 1817 The U.S would try and capture runaway slaves that were living among seminal bands. Under General Andrew Jackson, U.S. military forces invaded the area, scattering the villagers, and burning their towns. This would lead to the civil war because they would make an act they would make people return slaves to the south then the north would get very mad.

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In 1819 Spain decided to give us Florida. This led to the civil war because the states with slaves or the south became more powerful.

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In 1820 Missouri would be added to the union as a slave state but Maine would be added as a free state. This led up to the civil war because land above a certain line would not be able to have slaves.

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In 1822 An enslaved carpenter created a riot to cause a siege in South Carolina. This led up to the war because the slave owners did not like this so they killed them and it was not right.

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In 1830 The U.S forced all of the Indians out of the south with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This opened up more land for cotton production and thus fueled the growth of slavery and the domestic slave trade. So this act led to the expansion of slavery into the territory of the U.S. This led to the civil war because there were more room and more things to use slaves for so this expanded slavery. The north would not be ok with this.

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In 1831 Nat Turner, an enslaved person leads the most important slave uprising in U.S history. He and his group of about 80 people had a day-long rebellion in Virginia. The people of Virginia catch him and Turner is eventually hanged. Following that Virginia has much stricter slave laws.

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In 1831 Eli Whitley created the cotton gin so then more slaves were eventually needed. This led to the civil war because more slaves happened then the north was angrier.

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In 1842 Massachusetts, they made a rule that kids under 12 have a 10-hour long workday. This is completely not fair to the kids just because they were born into slavery.

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In 1846 The U.S and Mexico had a war about Texas become added to the United States. They were also fighting on where Texas ends either at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim). This would lead to the civil war because the U.S would get the Mexican cession and that land would end up becoming very controversial.

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In 1848 the U.S ended up purchasing the land for 15 million dollars. This is very controversial whether or not slaves should be allowed or not in these new areas.

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In 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated members of the Underground Railroad.

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In 1850 California would be a free state and the slave trade ended in Washington D.C. But the fugitive slave trade was then put into place. The area of the Mexican cession was divided into 2 parts and they both would decide slavery.

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In 1856 there was a Kansas and a Nebraska Territory and popular sovereignty took place and people all around the nation were trying to fight for what they wanted. This led up to the civil war because everyone was fighting either for or against slaves.

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In 1856 Preston Brooks hit Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner had given a speech condemning the pro-enslavement forces for the violence occurring in Kansas. He attacked him because he thought the speech Sumner gave insulted his uncle. This would lead to the civil war because this is the main reason why bleeding Kansas started.

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In 1857 The supreme court decided that African Americans were not citizens and “had no rights the white man was bound to respect." Congress could not prohibit slavery in any territory because it would violate the constitution. Northerners became scared that their country was run by a small group of slaveholders called the slave power. This would lead to the civil war because the north thought this was really unfair.

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In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected to be president. The main problem with his election is the fact that he was an anti-slave party so the south did not want him to become president. This led to the civil war because the south did not like what he did because he was against what they were trying to do.