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One of the main causes of the Civil War was slavery. The South's economy depended on slaves, however the North began to feel that slaves weren't right, so the the north and south began to argue.

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The California Gold Rush made California eligible to be a state. California would most likely join the north, however that would make the south much weaker than the north. This lead to many fights over California.

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The Compromise of 1850 proposed many ideas to resolve the conflicts between the North and South.

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The Fugitive Slave Act made many unfair laws against slaves. One of the most absurd laws passed was if a free slave was found, they were still property and could be returned to their owner.

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Many abolitionists published antislavery books to convince people slavery was wrong. Of course, the South did not like this.

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In, 1852 Franklin Pierce was elected president. He supported the South's views, making slavery more encouraged.

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The Louisiana Purchase had two more territories, Nebraska and Kansas. The decision was made to have a vote on whether or not these states would have slavery, so many southerners moved to these states to make it a slave state.

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When the Tran-Continental Railroad was being prepared to be built, the North and South argued over the favorable place for the railroad.

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The Transcontinental Railroad Unites | America: The Story of Us (S1, E6) | Full Episode | History

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Many people flocked to Kansas to sway the slavery vote in their favor. This lead to the division of Kansas.

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People moved to Kansas to homestead and live peacefully with their views. However the conflict around slavery was growing and people were getting more and more tense. This was called "Bleeding Kansas"

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In Kansas, both North and South supporters had guns and militias. One day, a pro slavery group went on a rampage burning and destroying buildings in Lawrence, Kansas.

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John Brown, an abolitionist was determined to fight back for the Attack on Lawrence. He killed many pro slavery people plunging Kansas into a civil war that would kill 200 people

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Dred Scott was a slave that tried to sue for his freedom, while a lower court ruled in his favor, and upper court did not.

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Abraham Lincoln said that Southerners were trying to spread slavery across the United States and supported many Northern views. He got elected, angering the South.

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