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In the year of 1860, President Lincoln ran for president and won against three other candidates. His win was surprising, as he only need forty percent of the votes to win. His election win scared many proslavery Southerners because it was widely believed at that time that slavery would be abolished if Lincoln was to be elected.
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Weeks after President Lincoln's victory, Southerners started to talk about seceding from the Union to form a new country. They all tried to make up their relationships by trying to find another compromise. However, President Lincoln said that there were going to be no compromises. Out of rage, South Carolina left, and six other states followed, making the Confederate States of America.
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John Brown was an abolitionist that used violence to try to end slavery. He planned to arm slaves with guns to attack their owners. Brown planned for a big rebellion that would effectively end the practice. However, when the raid was launched, all of the participants were either killed or captured. John Brown himself was convicted of treason and thereby sentenced to death.
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The Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debates were a series of legendary and unforgettable debates that were on the issue of slavery. Douglas thought that it was fine if the nation were to be divided in half, with the North being anti slavery and the South being pro slavery. Lincoln, on the other hand, argued that slavery was a moral issue, not a legal issue.
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Dred Scott was a slave that traveled with his owner from Missouri to Wisconsin. When he got back to Missouri, he went to court to try to win his freedom. He argued that since he was in Wisconsin, north of the Missouri Compromise, he should be a free slave. The Court rejected his appeal at that time and he went back to being a slave. The Dred-Scott Decision stated that Dred Scott could never be freed and the Missouri Compromise agreed on before was unjust. This decision only further angered Northerners more and caused more conflict.
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Massachusetts Senator Charles Summer was so disturbed by the violence in Kansas that he made a fiery and passionate speech accusing Senator Stephen Douglas of leading the attacks. As expected, another senator, South Carolina Senator Preston Brooks beat up Summer to the point that Summer was unconscious.
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Not long after the territory of Kansas was created, many proslavery citizens and abolitionists moved there. Unsurprisingly, tensions grew and violence erupted when pro slavery people decided to attack abolitionists in the town of Lawrence, Kansas. The violence continued when abolitionist John Brown decided to attack back and brutally killed five people in the process.
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The Nebraska-Kansas Act was the act that got rid of the Missouri Compromise by stating that the territories of Nebraska and Kansas could decide by themselves if they wanted to abolish slavery or keep it. However, this law was met by hate from the Northerners, as they thought the states might choose the wrong decision of whether or not to abolish slavery.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was a law made by the South that allowed slave owners to capture run away salves. Anyone that helped the slave escape or even not helped slave catchers catch slaves could be punished. This only made the conflicts worse, as the North did not follow the law they considered unjust, whereas the South thought that the law wasn't strong enough to ensure that the slaves would be returned.
Source:www.compromise-of-1850.org

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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of agreements that allowed California to join the Union as a free state, while also allowing New Mexico and Utah choose if they wanted to be slave or free states. Along with this, the compromise also outlawed slave selling in Washington D.C, the nation's capital. Unfortunately, when this compromise was adopted, it was met with a lot of hate from Southerners and made the conflict between the Union and Confederacy even worse.
Source:www.compromise-of-1850.org/summary/

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Congress did not know what to do with California's statehood, as they were undecided on whether California should be a slave state or a free state. Then, in 1849, when California applied to be a free state, a new bill was proposed. The bill said that there was going to be an imaginary line. Slavery south of the line would be still in practice and slavery above the line would be abolished. However, this was highly debated and Congress was still in debate at the end of the year.
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In 1846, David Wilmont, added an amendment that stated "neither slavery or involuntary servitude shall ever exist". This quote was talk about slavery in the states that would be added from America's victory in the Mexican-American War. Unfortunately, the amendment was rejected by the Senate after getting hatred after it.
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Fugitive slaves were slaves that tried to run away from their owners to escape to freedom. Owners hated those who helped them, while also considering them the same as bank robbers, because all they saw was their land going away for no reason.
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When the Second Great Awakening occurred, many people thought that the abolition of slavery would happen due to God's blessing. However, the "Gag Rule" came into play, where abolitionists were forced to stay silent. The rule also helped silent the debate over slavery for a short period of time.
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The Missouri Compromise was a compromise made within Congress to let Missouri join the United States as a slave state, while also letting Maine join as a free state. This compromise was reached with mixed reactions, as many congressman were hated after their decisions.
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