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Seven states seceded from the union and became known as the Confederate states because of slavery.

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14. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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14. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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Abraham was elected as president and the South was worried that he would abolish slavery.

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It was a raid to arm slaves to go aganist there owners to end slavery once and for all.

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Lincoln and Douglass had a debate over slavery and people started to realize compromises over slavery were becoming impossible.

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A court case against a slave named Dred Scott. He got denied american rights in a free state because he was once a slave.

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Senator Sumner from the north said something about what happened in Kansas because of slavery and as a result senator Butler from the south beat Sumner with a cane.

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People that were for slavery burned places and took things that belonged to anti-slavery people. On the other hand anti- slavery people killed people that were for slavery.

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It let Kansas and Nebraska decide if they wanted to be a free or slave state.

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Northerners did not want to enforce it because slaves that were already free could have to go back to being slaves and southerners thought it didn't do enough to ensure the slaves were returned.

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The compromise to make California a free state. Turned into a crisis between the north and the south. Due to this slave trade in D.C. was abolished.

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Debate whether to make California a slave state or not.

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The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal made to end slavery in new additions to the United States.

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A slave that flees or tries to escape from slavery.

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The gag rule happened to silence the debate over slavery.

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It was an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state.