Big events in the civil war

The Compromise of 1850 plus the Fugitive Slave Act
After the Missouri Comprimise America had new lands . They had to decid if they were going to allow slavery in that part of the land or if it was going to be forbidden, or if they were going to let people decide. Also california grew a lot since the gold rush and the question to maintain the slavery came up because california wated to be a free state but it would diss balance the states.To keep the balance they would probably disagree. Texas wated its terrietorie to expand to santa fe. Finally washington the capital allowed slavery and it was the biggest slave market. then the Compromise of 1850 came up : fugitizes did not have the right to tral and citizens had to help slaves.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed the people who lived in the Kansas and the nebraska state to decide wether thay wanted slavery within their bounderies.
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The Election of 1860 Brings Abraham Lincoln to the White House
Slavery was becoming a big problem and when Abraham Lincon was elected the people that disagreed rebeled and tha lead up to a civil war.

Abolitionists

Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglas owned a news paper that stated that people dont need to own slaves. He did not like the idea of slavery and was against it.he proposed to Abraham lincon that the slaves should have the choice to attend the army. Frederick always fighted for the slaves and tried to protect them and he never likes the idea of slaves in america, he thought slavery should have never been accepted in the us.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a fighter for the protection of the human rights and also against slavery. she worked as a spy, and in that ways helped people in the civil wars.
William Lloyd Harrison
William Lloyd Harrison also had had a news paper in wich he expressed his thoughts it was called the liberatior. Of course it was against slavery.