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Author David Reynolds talks about how Uncle Tom's Cabin intensified sentiments both for and against slavery, pulling the nation apart.

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Author David Reynolds talks about how Uncle Tom’s Cabin intensified sentiments both for and against slavery, pulling the nation apart.

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The new pro-slavery settlers owned guns, and anti-slavery settlers received weapons shipments from the East. In May of 1856, violence broke out.

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Antislavery and pro-slavery groups rushed their supporters to Kansas.

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The California gold rush caused so much growth in population that California applied to join the Union as a state instead of a territory. Deciding whether they were going to be a slave state or a slave-free state caused much commotion.

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Some northerners wanted to outlaw slavery in all part of the Mexican Cession.

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A newly passed fugitive slave act that made it a crime to help runaway slaves, and allowed officials to arrest those in slave-free areas.

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Abolitionists in the North used stories of fugitive slaves to gain sympathy for their cause. Slave narratives also educated people about their hardships overall.

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Four leading candidates fro the Democratic presidential nomination emerged in 1852. It became apparent though, that non of them would win a majority of votes. This caused great frustration.

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A proposal was made to build a railroad to the West coast helped resurface slavery controversy and opened a new period of sectional conflict.

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On October 16th, 1859, John Browns raid on the Harpers Ferry took place. He and his men took over the arsenal in hopes of starting a slave rebellion.

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During the elections, northern and southern Democrats couldn't agree on a canidate.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin informed people of how bad slavery is.

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Lincoln insisted on not changing slavery in the south. This upset many southerners.

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The election of Lincoln angered people in the south.