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A slave who went to court to win his freedom from his owner.

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Abe Lincoln beat Stephen Douglas in the ballots making him the new president in 1860.

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South Carolina was the first state to declare its seccession from the U.S. in 1860.

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Political debates between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery and Douglas wanted people to choose.

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A compromise between the slave states and the free states that led California to join the Union.

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A way to diffuse conflict over whether or not Missouri should be a slave state.

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A group of abolitionists who killed five proslavery men by Pottawatomie Creek. They were led by John Brown and escaped without being arrested.

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States that seceded from the United States to form their own nation known as the Confederacy. They had the right to own slaves.

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The Mason/Dixon Line seperated the free states and the slave states.

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The U.S. divided up the rest of Louisiana Purchase Territory into two parts (Kansas and Nebraska). The people in those two states were allowed to choose whether or not to ban slavery.

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Sound Smart: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 | History

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People who wanted to ban slavery.

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The law that made it illegal to help runaway slaves escape.

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The idea that political power belonged to the people. The people should decide whether or not to ban slavery.

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It was a system of secret routes/safe houses that was used to help slaves reach free states.

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Lincoln served as president for the United States and was the person who officially abolished slavery.

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Abe Lincoln For Kids! He Saves American Dream! Adorable Cartoon