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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This helped keep peace and balance power between the free and slave states.

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The second Great Awakening pushed the issue of slavery into the open again. A gag rule was placed preventing any anti slave proposal, but no one was ready to be silenced.

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Individual slaves continued to rebel by running away to free states up north and were often helped by people in the north. Slaveholders saw this act of kindness as if they were stealing their property.

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Under the fugitive slave act, a person arrested as a runaway had no legal rights, it also stated anyone who aided them would be arrested. The northerners refused the act making it harder to keep the act intact.

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This act admitted California as a free state, it allowed Mexico and Utah to make a choice on wether to allow slavery or not in those areas. This act also outlawed slave trade in Washington and DC. And with this, made a stronger fugitive slave law.

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The act created Kansas and Nebraska territories and allowed settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories. Douglas called this act the rule of the people.

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Many powerful farmers began to flood into Kansas either to support or oppose slavery which soon turned violent.

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Throughout the Country violence towards congress began to grow rapidly. Northerners thought that the Charles Sumner beating was evidence towards ending slavery in the north, meanwhile southerners celebrated the attack.

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A slave was brought to Wisconsin, a free state sued for freedom it was said the Wisconsin was a free state therefore making him a free citizen. There were two ruling from the Supreme Court for this case, one stated since Scott was an African American he could never be a free citizen thus having no rights to sue, and the second ruling stated Scott's stay in a free stated couldn't make him free because the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.

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In 1858, the Republican Party was formed as Lincoln and Douglas fought for senate. Lincoln made Douglas publicly speak upon his views of slavery, although Douglas had one the match, Lincolns vies forever made a lasting impression throughout the north where support for abolition was growing rapidly.

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11) Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President:

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11) Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President:

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Through the speeches he made opposing slavery during the election, Lincoln  won tons of the popular votes and a majority of the electoral votes. As he focused on his topics against slavery he won the northerners votes. Although throughout the north they were happy, Southern states were furious with the outcome of the election. Lincoln had won.

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In 1860, 11 southern states seceded from the union carrying the affairs of separate government. They said they were defeated, and they were to secede in order to keep slavery alive.