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Miscegenation law in Virginia 1691: Act XVI, Laws of Virginia made…
Miscegenation law in Virginia 1691: Act XVI, Laws of Virginia made interracial marriage illegal, and set up severe punishments for white women who gave birth to the children of black men without being married.
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Miscegenation law in Virginia 1691: Act XVI, Laws of Virginia: Was important because this began a string of law saying that white people couldn't marry anyone from a different color race.
Nat Turner slave Rebellion was that they marched throughout Southampton County in Virginia, killing at least 55 people until white authorities crushed the revolt.
The Nat Tuner slave rebellion was in 1831 and it was important because it led more than fifty followers in a bloody revolt in Southampton, Virginia, killing nearly 60 white people, mostly women and children.
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Missouri Compromise was an Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories
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The Missouri Compromise was in 1820 and it was important because it drew a line from to west along the 36th parallel, dividing the nation into competing halves half free, half slave.
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Fugitive slave act were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States.
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The Fugitive slave act was in September 1850 and it was important because it required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
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3/5 compromise is a slave would be counted as three-fifths of a white person for the purposes of taxation and representation.
The 3/5 Compromise was in 1787 and it was important because it determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
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Dred Scott Case was impressive dred Scott was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for freedom for themselves and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision
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The Dred Scott was in 1857 it was important because it determined if African Americans can have freedom
John Brown Rebellion he had raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia).
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John Brown Rebellion was in 1859 and it was important because he lead a small group on a raid against the federal armory in Virginia in attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.
Compromise of 1850 was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.
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The compromise of 1850 was in 1850 it was important because it admission California as a free state and provided a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States
Election of 1860 was one of the most pivotal presidential elections in American history. It pitted Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln against Democratic Party nominee Senator Stephen Douglas, Southern Democratic Party nominee John Breckinridge and Constitutional Union Party nominee John Bell. The main issue of the election was slavery and states’ rights. Lincoln emerged victorious and became the 16th President of the United States during a national crisis that would tear states and families apart and test Lincoln’s leadership and resolve: The Civil War.
The Election of 1860 was in 1860 and it was important because ,it led 11 Southern states seceded (or withdrawn) from the Union and set up an independent government--the Confederate States of America.
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