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Soon following the election, the south calls a convention to secede from the union, since they were afraid of the new president abolishing slavery. Seven states seceded within three months.
Source:http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp

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14) Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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14) Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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Abraham wins the presidential election, purely with votes from the North. This causes the South to fear that they'd lost power in the congress.
Source: History Alive! Page 415

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John Brown attempted to initiate a slave rebellion in the South along with an army of merely 18 men. Although his attempts ended shortly, he gained admiration from Northern citizens, and outraged the South.
Source:http://www.ushistory.org/us/32c.asp

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A series of seven debates took place between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during the Illinois state election. They discussed deep inflicting matters such as slavery and the rights of states.
Source:https://www.history.com/topics/lincoln-douglas-debates

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The Dred Scott decision was a ruling against free slave Dred Scott, stating that he does not have equal rights and that those of colour could never be true American citizens. This ruling was later deemed a poor decision.
Source:https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision

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The events in Kansas inspired a speech by senator Charles Sumner named, "The Crime Against Kansas," targeting two other senators, Stephen A. Douglas
and Andrew Butler. Butler's nephew, Preston Brooks, viciously attacked Senator Sumner two days following the giving of the speech. This caused an uproar among the Northerners.
Source:https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Crime_Against_Kansas.htm

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The controversy over slavery among new settlers in Kansas turned into violence and rampaging. This angered abolitionists such as John Brown, who went with seven other followers to raid the homes of five assumed slave supporters, and killed them.
Source: History Alive! Pages 410-411

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This act created two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska, which left the decision of slavery to the settlers. It was called a policy of popular sovereignty, or rule by the people.
Source:https://historygcp.wordpress.com/unit-2-compromise-and-conflict/kansas-nebraska-act/

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This compromise allowed California to be admitted as a free state and Utah to pick to become a slave state or a free state. The plan also had a strong fugitive slave law, and after nine months it was passed.
Source:https://eventscivilwar.wikispaces.com/Compromise+of+1850

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In 1849, California applied for admission to the Union as a free state, Southerners rejected California's request while Northerners accepted it.  Congress was dead locked over California's request for statehood.
Source:http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/events-programs/tours-lectures-workshops/history-forum/america’s-great-debate-compromise-of-1850-and

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The Fugitive Slave Act stated that captured slave runaways would be arrested and have very little rights, and because of this many people escaped to Canada. Any person who helped slaves escape or refused to help capture, could also be jailed.
Source:http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/05/20/constitutionally-sound-nullification-of-the-fugitive-slave-act/

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For ten years after the Gag Rule slavery was left out of congress until President James Polk added an amendment to the Wilmont Proviso that stated there shall be no slavery or involuntary labor in the territory which resulted in the Mexican-American War.
Source:http://www.haygenealogy.com/hay/presidents/polk.html

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Many northerners helped fugitive slaves escape from captivity in their own riots for freedom. These helpful northerners were seen as criminals to many southerners because they viewed slaves as their own property.
Source:http://app.emaze.com/1556787/the-underground-railroad#1

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Abolitionists went to congress with anti slavery petitions. Congress voted in 1836 to set aside indefinitely all antislavery petitions -- called the "Gag Rule".
Source: http://precivilwarhistoricalcontext.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-gag-rule-of-1836-in-1836-rule-was.html

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Despite the debate, the congress allowed Missouri to become a slave state.  Though it displeased many people, it still held the Union together.
Source: History Alive! Pages 404-405