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The South was very upset that Lincoln won the election. They believed that they no longer had an influence in congress, and left the Union as a result.

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Although he didn't win any votes from the Southern states, Abraham still took office as the Republican representitive.

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Abraham Lincoln would argue with Stephen A. Douglas over a seat in the senate. Lincoln made Douglas explain his stance on slavery, which left a lasting impression on the North.

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A slave had sued for his freedom, arguing that his stay in Wisconsin made him a free man. The court ruled that he could not be a free man because slaves can't be free and the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.

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Notherners were upset with congress because they must now give slaves back to their owners and southerners believed that congress wasn't doing enough to help them.

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Many "Border Ruffians" and "Jayhawks" would attack pro and anti-slavery people respectively.

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This act allowed people inside of Nebraska and Kansas to decide if they would allow slavery in their area.

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Fugitive slaves must be returned to their owner, even in a free state.

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In the compromise of 1850, 4 things were added. California was admitted as a free state, New Mexico and Utah would vote for themselves, slave markets were banned in Washington D.C., and the fugitive slave act would be implimented. The fugitive slave act stated that slaves must be returned to their owners, even in a free state.

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With many slaves like Nat Turner rebelling against white southerners, congress decided to ignore anti-slave movements until 1848.

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The boundary of slave states was pushed to the remainder of Louisiana, which made many Northerners upset with congress.

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Missouri was added to the union as a slave state and Maine was made into a free state.