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The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854(Hengzhi)

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The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854(Hengzhi)

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In order to build the transcontinental railroad across the country, congress needs to organize the unorganized territory of Kansas and Nebraska into states. Whether they are slave or free states are determined by Popular Sovereignty through the Kansas Nebraska Act proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Southern States celebrated at this act because that means they can expand Slavery beyond the Missouri Compromise Line, Northern States of course didn't like this which increased the tension between the North and South and mass confrontation between Northern and Southern citizens into the new territories.

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From 1854-1869 Northerners and Southerners rushed into Kansas in order to make the territory a Free/Slave State by the rule of Popular Sovereignty. Immense violence ensued between Northern and Southerners including gun on gun action with John Brown also being there and this deeply soured the relations between the North and South in the Union resulting in constant fear mongering of the other especially in the South.

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On May 22nd, 1856, Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner denounced the violence that had taken place in Bleeding Kansas and Southern Congressmen against Slavery. To avenge his "honor" Southern Representative Preston S. Brooks beat Senator Sumner senselessly with his cane in the halls of Congress. This resulted in now the violence between the North and South brought into Congress and represents the breakdown of civil negotiations between the North and South on many levels in the Union, pushing the Southern States further into the choice of succession.

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Dred Scott was purchased by John Emerson in Missouri after his previous owner died. He was then taken to a free state, Illinois, as well as a free territory, Wisconsin. When returning back to Missouri, Dred then sued John as he believed that himself residing in a free state ought to then make him free. The case reached the Supreme Court which then ruled that African Americans could actually never truly be citizens, and additionally that the anti-slavery Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

This was significant as the decision furthered the upset of abolitionists and other anti-slavery people, and the other regulations the court put into effect only added to the pile of unfair and unjust racial treatment in America. A huge change was now desperately needed.

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In 1859 John Brown planned to start a slave rebellion in Virginia. He went to Harpers Ferry with over a dozen men, his plan being to raid for arms, then continue along the south recruiting slaves for the rebellion as he went. This plan was quickly cut sort, as he was quickly apprehended by the local authorities. He was then tried and sentenced to death.

This was significant as it showed the rising tension about slavery in America, with abolitionists now using violent means to get their way. This would go to show how fed up people were about slavery at this point.

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The election in 1860 is one of the most important elections in US history, as it was the won that Abraham Lincoln won. Despite not appearing on the ballet in most southern states, Abraham Lincoln won the election and became the 16th president of the United States of America. This election drove the south to leave the union and started the final countdown to the American civil war

Significance
This event was significant because it was the event which got Honest Abe into power and caused the south to leave the union

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Fort Sumpter is in Charleston North Carolina, which was one of the States to leave the Union. Federal forces reused to leave the fork and on April 13 1861  Confederate forces opened fire on the for with cannons. No one died on either side, but this battle marks the  beginning of the American civil war.

Significance:
The significance of this is clear, as it was the battle that started the American civil war

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