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Civil War "Compromise of 1850" What: a series of congressional measures that allowed California to become a state, settled border disputes between Texas and New Mexico, and created the Fugitive Sl... ave Act Significance: The Compromise resolved the conflict between the Northern and Southern states regarding the legality of slavery in the territories, but increased tensions between abolitionists and slaveholders by allowing slaves in free states to be captured and returned to their owners through the Fugitive Slave Act. "Dred Scott Decision" When: 1854 What: A case in which Dred Scott, a slave, sued for his freedom based on the fact that he had lived in a free territory. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and could not sue, and that taking a slave from their owner was a violation of property rights. Significance: The Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case established a precedent that prohibited the Federal government from regulating slavery, and effectively declared slavery to be protected by the Constitution. "Kansas-Nebraska Act" When: 1854 What: established Kansas and Nebraska as territories and stated that the slavery issue there would be decided by popular vote Significance: Both Abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers went to Kansas in an attempt to sway the vote, resulting in violent conflict. The violence as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act shed light on the rising level of hostility between the North and the South. "Emancipation Proclamation" When: 1863 What: Lincoln's declaration that freed the slaves in the Confederate states Significance: The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the focus of the war from reunification to the abolition of slavery. The proclamation encouraged African Americans that had not already fled the South for the North to run away from their owners. Many of these African Americans joined Union forces and helped them in their victory. [Show More]

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