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Slavery was Americans forcing African Americans to do work for them without getting any pay and on top of that lot were treated poorly.

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Nate Turner lead a rebellion of slaves that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, on August 1831.

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Dred Scott sued for his freedom after his owner took him to the free states but he lost because he was not valued as a citizen.

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This made Missouri and Maine slave free states this helped maintain the balance in the senate.

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The underground railroad was a system that helped runaway slaves which helped the slaves in the South get to the North.

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There was a argument that debated whether the land from the Mexican American War would become slave free states or not.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's cabin 

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's cabin 

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It was the first book written about being a slave. It sold 2 million copies within the first two years of it being polished.

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This was passed to try to make the south happy after the Tariff of 1828 didn't work and make them happy.

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The John Brown's raid was in 1859, John Brown and 22 other men raided a place called Harper's Ferry, Virginia. There mission was to arm and free slaves.

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Also know as the 'Tariff of Abominations." passed to have the countries make more home grown stuff instead of buying from other countries which lead to the countries not buying from the south.

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Parts of Kansas wanted slaves but others did not so it caused a conflict in the state.

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Abraham Lincoln became the president during the time of the conflict between the north and south but Lincoln didn't want slaves and the south didn't like that.

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Slavery was huge part of why the Civil War happened. Pretty much the south wanted slaves and the north didn't.