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The separation of the North and South. Fought over slavery but depended on each other.

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Missouri became slave and Maine became free to balance it out. All slavery above latitude 36'30 was banned.

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Made it impossible for the south to trade with any other people but the northerners. The south produced 75% of the worlds cotton and wanted to trade with Europe.

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California had become a free state because the North didn't want slavery to spread West. In trade, any slaves that went up North had to be returned by the Fugitive Slave Act.

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A book that showed what life was really like for slaves. Made people go into the South and see what was really going on.

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The north and south were divided and argued over slavery. The north and south depended on eachother.

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Missouri was made a slave state and Maine was free. Slavery got banned over longitude 36'30

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The south produced 75% of the worlds cotton and wanted to trade with other people besides the northerners. The north made it impossible for the south to trade with others.

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California joined as a free state to stop slavery from spreading west. In trade, they made the Fugitive Slave Act that made it so that any runaway slaves had to be sent back south.

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A book about how slavery and how bad it is. The book made people go down south and look for themselves to see how bad slavery was.

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The southerners didn't want a Republican becoming president because they thought they would loose their slaves. They threatened to break away if that happened.

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Slavery was no longer banned above 36'30. Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery activists fought over slavery and there was a huge deadly fight for years.

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Dred Scott fought for his freedom after going north on a vacation as a slave. He went to court and they denied him.

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John Brown went into Harper's Ferry arsenal hoping to take over and free the slaves. Ended up being captured and got executed.

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Abraham Lincoln became president. The south decided to secede from the US.

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The south breaks away from the US. They call themselves "The confederate States of America" and make their own government.