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The South started to secede from the union because they feared with Lincoln as president, he would put an end to slavery. Consequently, the South broke away from the Union and became their own type of states.

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In 1860, Lincoln won in a four-way vote for president  because all of the Northerners wanted him as president (they wanted him as president because he was against slavery.) Although he won, he only won 40% of the total votes and he wasn't voted for in 10 states!

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates initiated when a frontier lawyer, Abraham Lincoln wanted a seat in the senate, challenging Stephen A. Douglas for the seat. They had many long, acrimonious debates, and consequently, Douglas won and kept his spot in the senate.

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The Dred-Scott decision started when Dred Scott, a black slave from Missouri (a slave state) who moved to Wisconsin (a free state), wanted to sue his owner as he was a free man. He argued because he was currently living in a free state, he is a free man and has the right to sue his owner. After a bitter dispute over the case in the Supreme Court, the court's ruling claimed Scott could not sue his owner because he is and always will be an African American slave, which means he can never be a U.S. Citizen. The court ruling also realized that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

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The violence in Congress began when Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner was disturbed by the brutality happening in Kansas. He stood in front of everyone at the Senate and called out people like Stephen Douglas and Andrew Butler because he believed they were "compelling a hateful embrace of slavery." As a result, Butler's nephew attacked Sumner two days later with a metal cane, leaving him with serious brain damage.

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Bloodshed in Kansas occurred during a violent period of time known as "Bleeding Kansas." During this time, "border ruffians" who were pro slavery began to storm on abolitionists Kansas.

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 proclaimed that Kansas and Nebraska would each become individual states.

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The Fugitive Slave Act claimed that not only Southerners but Northerners as well would contribute in the capture of slaves assumed to have run away.

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The Compromise of 1850 consisted of four different amenities. California would be permitted as a free state, and Utah and New Mexico would be given the right to vote for themselves. Moreover, in Washington D.C., slave markets would be prohibited and the fugitive slave act, a new resolution, would from then on be utilized.

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Nat Turner, a fugitive slave, started the "Nat Turner Rebellion" and protested against the white people of South Hampton. As a result, extremely harsh restrictions were concocted on Southern slaves

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California applied for statehood in 1849, causing chaos throughout the United States and Congress. Northerners held a slim majority vote in the House while Southerners held an equal vote in the senate.

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 claimed that Missouri would be established as a state and a new boundary would be created across the rest of the Louisiana Territory, preventing slavery to spread to any other states North of the 36th parallel.