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tells the story of Uncle Tom, a kind and patient enslaved man, and explores the evils of slavery

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The institution of slavery, deeply ingrained in the Southern economy and way of life, was a major point of contention.

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The Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case in 1857 further exacerbated tensions

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Political Compromises and the Missouri Compromise

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Political Compromises and the Missouri Compromise

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The nation attempted to address the slavery issue through compromises like the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

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Political Compromises and the Missouri Compromise

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Westward Expansion and the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Westward Expansion and the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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As the nation expanded westward, the question of slavery in new territories became increasingly contentious.

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Westward Expansion and the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Abraham Lincoln's election as president on an anti-slavery platform in 1860 triggered the secession of several Southern states

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The Southern economy was heavily reliant on agriculture and slave labor, while the Northern economy was more industrialized and diversified

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outhern states, particularly those reliant on slave labor, strongly advocated for states' rights

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The Pottawatomie Massacre was a violent event that occurred in Kansas Territory on May 24-25, 1856, during the "Bleeding Kansas" period

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John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry was a failed attempt by abolitionist John Brown in October 1859 to initiate a slave revolt by seizing the federal armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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History Gone Wilder | Have History Will Travel

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Bleeding Kansas: Causes, Events, and John Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 (APUSH Review - Period 4)