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Politics became more and more about whether or not they supported slavery or not.

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Every time there was a new piece of land people would have to fight over whether or not it was a slave state.

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These debates caused more and more questioning and separation on the topic of slavery.

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This Act of course angered one of the sides. This time it was the Northerners who were angered by the implications.

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Sound Smart: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 | History

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Lincoln said that slavery could not expand, this outraged many southerners. In retaliation, the southern states seceded from the Union.

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The Dred Scott Decision was a decision that made it more clear how slaves were ranked in the world. It also undid some of the work of abolitionists.

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Antislavery Literature was stories written about slavery. These stories angered the southerners very much.

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Bleeding Kansas was a time where many attacks happened in Kansas.

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With everything else going on politics was just one more thing on the list tearing Americans apart.

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John Brown was an abolitionist who led some significant attacks on pro-slavery people.

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This act forced the northern police officers to arrest anyone in suspicion of being an escaped slave.

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Slavery tore the North and South apart due to their different perspectives on slavery.

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The cotton gin increased the want for slaves in the south due to the fact that it made it easier to produce cotton.