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After the election, the South was alarmed and called for succession or another compromise to keep slavery.  In 1860, South Carolina left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America after a few other states left in 1861.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 416)
“Finally Passing.” The Economist, The Economist Newspaper, 2 Apr. 2011, www.economist.com/node/18486035.

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In the 1860 presidential race, Abraham Lincoln, a politician supporting the abolition of slavery, was elected as the U.S. president. The result of the election made the South inferior to the North and the Southerners predicted that the abolishing of slavery would come soon.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 415)
“1860: On This Day in History, Abraham Lincoln Elected 16th President of USA.” Veterans Today | News - Military Foreign Affairs - VA, 6 Nov. 2017, www.veteranstoday.com/2017/11/06/1860-on-this-day-in-history-abraham-lincoln-elected-16th-president-of-usa/.

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In 1859, John Brown, a violent and extreme abolitionist, attacked a military storage room in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in a violent attempt to end slavery. However, all of his men including himself were captured and killed. The event caused fear in the South of a slave revolt.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 414-415
Alchin, Linda. “James Buchanan.” ***, Siteseen Limited, 9 Jan. 2018, www.american-historama.org/1850-1860-secession-era/john-browns-raid-harpers-ferry.htm.

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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were political arguments between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, candidates for the Illinois senator. Lincoln argued about the wrong morality of slavery while Douglas debated that the Dred Scott decision handled the practice and Lincoln lost the election for senator, increasing the issue of the morality of slavery.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 414)
“Lincoln-Douglas Debate Negotiations.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 31 Aug. 2008, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lincoln-douglas-debate-negotiations-8479000/.

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In 1857, a fugitive slave named Dred Scott claimed that a stay in Wisconsin with his owner, where slavery was abolished, allowed him to become free of the Fugitive Slave Act. After debates, the Supreme Court came up with the Dred Scott decision, an act that made African Americans non citizens, and as a result, Scott returned to his owner. Works Cited:
(History Alive, 412)
PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html.

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Because of the violence in Kansas, a senator named Charles Sumner deduced that Senator Stephen Douglas, the man who created the Nebraska-Kansas Act, schemed with Southerners to admit Kansas as a slave state. He criticized many Southerners, including Senator Andrew Butler, which resulted in Sumner's beating with a cane in Congress by Butler's Nephew, Preston Brooks.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 411)
“Violence in the Senate – Slavery, Honor and the Caning of Charles Sumner.” History Is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American History, www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2017/7/31/violence-in-the-senate-slavery-honor-and-the-caning-of-charles-sumner.

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After the act was passed, many settlers moved to Kansas, most seeking good land and opportunities but some others supported and opposed slavery. In 1856, Missouri slavery supporters invaded the anti-slavery city of Lawrence, Kansas and in retaliation, John Brown, a violent abolitionist, ransacked the pro-slavery city of Pottawatomie, Kansas.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 409-410)
History.com Staff. “John Brown.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/john-brown.

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In 1854, Douglas, a senator from Illinois, proposed the Nebraska-Kansas Act, which formed the Nebraska and Kansas territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise. Then, Congress debated whether the territories should or should not allow slavery.Works Cited:
(History Alive 408)
“Kansas-Nebraska Act - The Railroad Express.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/a/oceanschools.org/the-railroad-express/home/kansas-nebraska-act.

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The Compromise of 1850 once again caused much controversy and as a result, the Fugitive Slave Act, a law requiring the return of runaway slaves to their owners, was devised in 1850. Opposition occurred as a result of the act as Northerners denounced slave hunters and only 299 slaves were returned to their owners compared to the thousands of runaways in hiding.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 408)
History.com Staff. “Fugitive Slave Acts.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts.

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In 1850, Henry Clay, a Kentucky senator developed the Compromise of 1850. The compromise was planned to stop the arguments between the North and the South by admitting California to be a free state and allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to practice slavery. Congress debated the passing of the new compromise for many months and finally integrated it in September 1850. Many were happy the arguments ended while certain Southerners were not joyful.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 407)
Carole. “THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.” AwesomeStories.com, www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/THE-MISSOURI-COMPROMISE-Jesse-James.

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After the Mexican-American War, Southerners desired all of the territory of the Mexican Cession to be opened for slavery but the Northerners argued for it to be closed. In 1849, Congress saw an application for California as an anti-slavery state and the two sides argued for the slave status of California.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 406)
“California Facts.” California Facts - Symbols, Famous People, Tourist Attractions, state.1keydata.com/california.php.

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After the president requested funds, a representative named David Wilmot added the Wilmot Proviso to the bill stating that slavery should be illegal in the territory gained from the Mexican-American War. The proviso was allowed by the House but the Senate refused as many Southerners disagreed.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 406)
“Slavery in America Part IV.” ., 22 Feb. 2007, answersinhistory.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/slavery-in-america-part-iv/.

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Many slave revolts occurred in the South, including those of Nat Turner and hundreds of slaves ran away from their plantations as fugitives. Because of the loss of slaves, Southerners demanded a law to aid recapturing their slave property.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 406)
“Fugitive Slaves in the United States.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slaves_in_the_United_States.

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During the early 1800's, the Second Great Awakening occurred, convincing many people to abolish slavery in the United States and Congress received numerous requests to end slavery. Some proposals to end and prevent slavery were created by John Quincy Adams, but they were not permitted by Congress.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 405)
“Religious, Education, and Prison Reform (Discussion).” Social Reform in the 1800s, mrsclark8thgradess.weebly.com/religious-education-and-prison-reform-discussion.html.

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The Missouri Compromised admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to balance the number of free and slave states in 1820. Congress then created a boundary dividing the U.S. where the Northern section would make slavery illegal and the Southern section allowed slavery.Works Cited:
(History Alive, 404)
Carole. “THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.” AwesomeStories.com, www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/THE-MISSOURI-COMPROMISE-Jesse-James.