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Brown and a band of followers seized a federal arsenal. In return Brown was hung for his actions, this sparked an argument between the "North" and "South."

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The underground railroad was a way for slaves to escape and flee to the Union States or to Canada.

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Dred Scott was a slave who sought citizenship through the American legal system.

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The secession was another great cause of the Civil War. The Confederate States seceded from the Union which acted as a jump start for the Civil War.

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Abraham Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery. His election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the Civil War.

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Bleeding Kansas was a mini civil war between the pro and the anti slavery forces in Kansas.

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Territorial Expansion of the Untied States

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Territorial Expansion of the Untied States

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The Territorial Expansion basically intensified the issue of slavery in the new states.

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State's Rights during the Civil War was all about if the federal government had the right to abolish slavery in some states.

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The "South's" economy highly relied on the production of cotton. The "South" needed slaves to harvest the cotton.

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Slavery was one of the bigger motives of the Civil War. The "North" did want slavery but the "South" did.