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The north and south were very different. The south had farms and slaves, and the north had factories and paid labor

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Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state to keep the balance. They also made a law that any new states above 36'30" had to be free.

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The federal government made a large tariff. This made it so the south was limited to trading with the north.

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California was a free state. The fugitive Slave act was passed in compromise, preventing runaway slaves to be free once they hit the north.

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This was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She told the awful truth of slavery and cause millions to join the abolition movement.

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Created to stop slavery was the republican party. The slogan was "Free soil, free labor, free men!"

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Anti and pro-slavery voters both went to kansas to sway the vote. This stared a war when they both claimed they won.

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A black slave sued for his freedom but the supreme court said no. This was seen as a huge step back for african americans.

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John Brown tried to led a slave rebellion. No slaves showed up because they had familied and John was killed along with his sons.

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Abraham Lincoln (a republican) became president. This angered the south and was the last straw.

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The south breaks away as a new country. They call themselves "The Confederate States of America"