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In 1859, John Brown came and attacked Harper's ferry. This was an attempt to initiate an armed slave revolt by taking over a United States arsenal ship.

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In 1857, Dred Scott had lived in the free states for about five years but then, when his old master died, his old masters wife urged him to sue for his rights and for his freedom. The supreme court ended up saying that he was still a slave and couldn't sue for freedom. This was because they thought that since they were black, they had no rights.

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In 1856, Senator Brooks Caned Senator Sumner because of a speech Sumner gave 2 days ago.

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In 1855, Kansas was in between the north and the south so both were trying to get in and change what the out come would be by having more southerners or more northerners in Kansas. Another way they tried to influence this was by killing the other side. Literally

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In 1854, the US congress allowed Kansas ans Nebraska to decide if they were going to be free states or slave states.

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In 1850, the US congress passed the Fugitive slave Act, which allowed slave owners to bring back any runaway slaves that had gone to a different state or territory. They did this because they considered slaves leaving their masters was a crime so they did as Article 4 section 2 of the US constitution.

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In 1820, Henry Clay passed the Missouri Compromise. This document stated that the new state of Missouri would be a slave state but the new states above it's southern border would then become free states. This was all done in an attempt to keep the balance.

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In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which was used to show the reality of how horrible slavery was.