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people in the south did not like Abe Lincoln

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not on the minds of Northern soldiers when war started, but clearly an issue that pervaded all of the social, political and economic causes

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two competing industries – industrial north vs. agrarian south – free labor vs. slave labor

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Every new state could ruin balance – both sides feared other side would try to mandate their society on the other federally

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North sees south as aristocratic medieval country, South sees North as corrupt immigrant urban

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events that made both sides look evil, and created larger tension

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Missouri’s application for statehood as a slave state sparked a bitter national debate.

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a slave named Nat Turner incited an uprising that spread through several plantations in southern Virginia.

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The Wilmot Proviso was a piece of legislation proposed by David Wilmot at the close of the Mexican-American War.  If passed, the Proviso would have outlawed slavery in territory acquired by the United States as a result of the war, which included most of the Southwest and all the way to California.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the second-best-selling book in America in the 19th century, second only to the Bible.  Its popularity brought the issue of slavery.

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This period of guerrilla warfare is referred to as Bleeding Kansas because of the blood shed by pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

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Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border - September 3, 2013

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Dred scott was a Virginia slave who tried to sue for his freedom in court.  The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court, where the justices found that, as a slave

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Dred Scott v.  Sandford Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained

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Abolitionist John Brown supported violent action against the South to end slavery.

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John Brown Assessed 150 Years After Harpers Ferry Raid