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This is what happened when Congress didn't want to debate over slavery, so they put in a "Gag Rule" so no one could debate over it. The downside to this was slavery was still in place so the northerners did not like this, so they continued to attack slavery. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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This was a new law that created two more slave territories. These were Kansas and Nebraska, the only condition were they had to be above the Missouri Compromise line. legaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/missouri+compromise+of+1820

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Fugitive slaves were slaves that ran away to freedom in the North, they were helped by nice Northerners mostly. The Southerners did not like this however and they wanted congress to instate a Fugitive Slave Act. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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The Gag Rule lasted for about 10 years until president Polk sent a bill for funds from the Mexican American war to Mexico, this Bill was called the Wilmot Proviso. In this bill it stated no slavery in the states that the U.S won from Mexico, the Southerners opposed this, the bill made it to the House but not passed the Senate. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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At this point Congress had no idea what to do about slavery in California, they were making laws against it, then for it and both sides got mad. Then the Southerners made a compromise, but congress didn't allow it, they ended that year deadlocked about slavery. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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The Compromise of 1850 was a five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850. The Compromise was made by Henry Clay of Kentucky and with Clay was Senator Daniel Webster. The Compromise came with relief but both sides still weren't on board fully.

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Everyone was upset with this act, the Northerners were upset because they had to enforce this act, and the Southerners felt like it did not ensure that they would get back their stolen property. Southerners used this law however, but they were mad when  Northerners did not enforce this law and in the end only 299 slaves were captured. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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This act added in Nebraska and Kansas into the union without any rules about slavery, so it was up to the people to decide if it was or wasn't a slave state. The Northerners were so scared that they could have a slave state in the North they had to be reassured by Douglas that everything would be okay. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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Senator Charles Sumner gave a speech about slavery and he attacked some Southerners in his speech. The Southerners did not take kindly to this and a man named Preston Brooks the son of a senator proceeded to beat up Sumner with his cane, the Southerners supported this and the Northerners hated it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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14. Abraham Lincoln is Elected President 

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14. Abraham Lincoln is Elected President 

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Lincoln had been elected president but in an odd way, he had only had 40% of the vote, and all of it came from the North, and in the South his name wasn't even on the ballot. After Lincoln won the election the South had realized that they were In the minority, and they now feared congress would abolish slavery. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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John Brown did not want to wait for congress to make a change, so he took matters into his own hands, he had devised a plan to attack the federal Arsenal. Brown had a crazy plan that did not work, all his men were either captured or killed, and Brown was charged with treason. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were political debates between Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas. These debates were for one of Illinois' two United States Senate seats, Lincoln had lost but this had made him known throughout politics. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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After the Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 was passed many people started moving to Kansas, most were farmers but some were slave supporters or haters. After this things got violent and people started fighting and damaging others property, then a man named John Brown took a few men and killed 5 people suspected of voting for slavery. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view

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This was a controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court, before the Civil War. Dred Scott, a slave, wanted to be declared a free man because he lived in a “free” territory with his master. www.dictionary.com/browse/dred-scott-decision

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President Lincoln was asked if he would make a compromise on slavery, he said no, but that he would enforce the Fugitive Slave Act but he would not let slavery spread any further. Meanwhile while all this is happening in South Carolina there was a meeting of Delegates and they left the union, shortly after 6 other states left and they formed the Confederate States of America.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzevWBxB4pui3RURKcdOhOJdBCaXCYxz/view