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Due to all of the pervious events, a Civil War between the North and The South eventually broke out

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South Carolina, unhappy with the election, decided to leave the Union with 6 other states to form the Confederate States of America

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Lincoln, despite having the odds stacked against him with 3 different candidates from the South, won. He won because the South's decisions were split among their 3 representatives while in the North there was only Lincoln.

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Since Lincoln saw no point in having the nation split over slavery, he challenged Douglas to a debate, which he lost. Although he lost, he still shone a light onto the issue of slavery and gained a lot of followers.

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Dred Scott, an African American, stated in court that since his slave owner had taken him to a free state temporarily, he was a free man. However, since he was not a citizen, he could not sue his owner and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, according to the Court.

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Summer, a senator in Congress, suspected Douglas of setting up Kansas to become a slave state and spoke against him. Word spread and South Carolina's representative beat Summer to death in the Senate.

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After the Nebraska-Kansas Act was passed, many people settled in Kansas to support slavery/anti-slavery. This eventually ended up in pro-slavery invaders invading and destroying property of anti-slavery people and the anti-slavery people doing the same.

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The Act was proposed to allow Nebraska and Kansas to both vote for themselves about slavery. It was proposed to make building the railroad easier because they could get government support if Kansas and Nebraska were states

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The Act stated that fugitives had no legal rights and people who helped them were allowed to be killed. Northerners were opposed to it did not participate, which infuriated the Southerners because there was not much they could do.

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The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, Utah and Mexico could still decide on their stand on slavery. Also, the slave trade would end in D.C., and a fugitive slave law would be passed. Unfortunately, it satisfied no one, especially the Southerners at first.

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Many slaves were fleeing from their owners, and many slaveholders were angry and demanded a fugitive slave law.

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All anti-slavery issues were ignored until about 10 years later when the Missouri Compromise was extended all the way to the Pacific.

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The Missouri Compromise added a slave and free state and an imaginary line was drawn which prohibited slavery North of it. As a result, Northerners who voted Missouri to be a slave state were labeled as traitors and Southerners felt bitter that future possible slave states could no longer have slavery.