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The increase in demand for cotton increased the need for slaves in the south.

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Loyalty to a region or state instead of the whole country.

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Lincoln was against slavery and caused conflict over the topic.

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Lincoln said slavery would not change in the south but it would not be allowed to expand meaning that it would slowly die out. This angered the Southerners.

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Also known as John Brown's raid. This was Brown's attempt to start a slave rebellion.

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Republican Lincoln challenged democrat Douglas which became known as the Lincoln Douglas debate.

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Court deciding over the complex case of Dred Scott an enslaved man.

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Sumner insulted a pro slavery senator, Brooks had a bold reaction and beat Sumner unconscious with a cane.

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Kansas had 2 opposing governments, controversy of slaves began to affect everybody.

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Rule that opened a new period of conflict.

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Get a crash course on the causes and consequences of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 with historian Matthew Pinsker.

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Law that allowed fugitive slaves in free areas to be arrested.

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793: Crash Course Black American History #10

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Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky's idea to help the nation maintain peace.

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Sound Smart: Compromise of 1850 | History

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favoring one region over another