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British burn Washington, DC, including the White House.

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The burning didn't affect the Americans in a bad way. If anything, the burning only made them more angry and determined to defeat the British. When the British tried to attack the Americans again, the British navy was defeated because of a well-prepared army of Americans. This led to the Civil War by setting an example of what the British would do to intimidate the Americans, fueling rage and anger.

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The North, who wanted slavery, and the South, who didn't want slavery, were divided with this compromise. The government made a line (36 ' 30 line) to draw out which states would and wouldn't have slavery. Missouri enters as a slave state, and Maine enters as free. Any Southern state wouldn't have any slavery. The government was thrown into a more difficult situation with angry civilians, creating a jurisdiction over slavery. With this, the opinions on slavery only got more and more political, creating a bigger divide, also fueling more oil to the fire.

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Denmark was executed and was seen as a hero in the eyes of the abolitionists. His name was used for rallying other African American troops and slaves. This event egged on the Civil War by sparking rebellion in slaves and other African American citizens.

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This specific election took place after president Thomas Jefferson died. They tore a rift between people, creating the democratic and republican political parties. This event led to the Civil War by drawing people to hate each other even more for their political views, if their views on slavery weren't bad enough.

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The intentions of the Tariff Of Abominations was to protect the northern and western agricultural goods from competition. However, this tax raised the cost of living in the South, infuriating the south and flaring up some more conflict among the North and South.

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Appeal To The Colored Citizens Of The World

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David Walker's book impacted all slaves to fight for their freedom. Sadly not in a passive way, but taking their freedom by force, using violence and lighting up others to fight for their rights.

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As Westward Expansion continued, the Native Tribes were also occupying the land that the settlers wanted. A bill was passed that stated that all Indian Tribes would be moved further west, as to make more room for travelling settlers. All the tribes were moved into one state, although, some tribes did try to fight back, before either getting slaughtered or complying. This has significance to the Civil War because this also contributed to more rivalries and competition not only for land, but also for resources like food, shelter, and medicinal herbs.

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The Underground Railroad was first used in 1831 by Tice Davids, when he successfully escaped from Kentucky to Ohio. This event was far before Harriet Tubman used the underground railroad. He was the very first slave mentioned to have successfully use the underground railroad.

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A man named Nat Turner was an enslaved man, who stood up just like Denmark Vesey. He led a rebellion with about 50 people. His rebellion was unfortunately unsuccessful but it set off a huge fire of killing over 200 suspected people of being abolitionists. This certain rebellion really drew a line in the sand between who were abolitionists and slaveholders, carrying off into the Civil War.

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The Abolitionist Movement was the attempt to abolish slavery. This movement successfully stopped the importation of slaves and all slaves in the British Colonies were freed. Although it was a small step, it still brought America closer to abolishing slavery.

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The Texas Revolution was a war between Texas and Mexico, when Texas was still a Mexican Territory. The texans fought for their freedom and eventually won the battle, taking their independence and becoming their own state. Although this flared up the rivalry between the North and South, making more riots and raids.

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This rule was a law that stated that prohibited any and all discussions about the abolition of slavery. Congress received over 130,000 demanding petitions to abolish slavery. Since the government chose to ignore what the abolitionists demanded, the Civil War was only getting closer with every ignorant politician.

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The panic of 1837 is a time when the US had a huge drop in economics and financials. During this hard time, the North and South were driving an even worse rift between themselves. By the time the issue subsided, the opinions on slaves either got way worse or a little more positive.

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This event was when Cherokee Natives were forcibly moved into Oklahoma, making even more room for newcoming settlers, ravaging the land, leaving barely any room for natives. This allowed the other tribes to start teaming up against the settlers, their rage growing as their prey got driven out of their homes, their tribes and people going hungry.

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The territories that were won over made the rivalries only worse. The fighting between the Mexican and American relations only deteriorated further as more battles were fought.

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The Wilmot Proviso, if passed, would've cancelled out the 1820 compromise, prohibiting slavery in some Southern states. This suggestion divided the North and South more, making the South suspicious of the North's intentions.

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This act is an allowance that when ever slaves escaped or ran away, any person could hunt them down and bring them back to the South for punishment.

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This book covered and explained how slavery was inhumane and how awful it was. It told the story of a man who was a slave and his experiences as being an african american being sold off to a man and hid daughter.

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Bleeding Kansas was a battle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. These people fought between whether slaves should be seen as free people or as any other worker. This battle lasted until 1859, anti-slavery soldiers winning the battle. This was an event leading up to the Civil War because this one battle was over a very controversial topic.

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When Abraham Lincoln was elected for president, the progression of slavery were almost immediately changed. He opposed to the expansion of slavery and enforced The Emancipation Proclamation. This proclamation freed all of the slaves living in slave states, motivating the Northern War effort, giving the war a higher and more powerful purpose.