Steps to the Civil War

This land act determined that all states below the line would permit slavery and all states above would prohibit slavery.

This land act created California as a free state.

This land act made it so that popular sovereignty would determine if a state would prohibit slavery.

This land act resulted in fighting that followed, known as "Bleeding Kansas".

The southern states accepted this land act because the Fugitive Slave Law was also enacted.

Maine was admitted as a free state during this land act.

This law made it a crime to help runaway slaves, even in the Northern states.

The people choose is the definition for which term:

Why did the three land compromises fail?

This man fought for his freedom through the court system. It was ultimately ruled by the Supreme Court that he had no rights.