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This pivotal legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance between slave and free states in the Union. Furthermore, it established the 36°30' parallel as the dividing line for future territories to decide on the legality of slavery.

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Nat Turner, an enslaved African American preacher, led the most significant slave uprising in American history. Turner and his followers launched a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, killing around 60 white people. The rebellion heightened fears among white Americans, leading to harsher laws against enslaved people and free Blacks.

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The war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which the United States acquired vast territories including present-day California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. This acquisition intensified debates over the expansion of slavery into the territories.

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This set of laws aimed to ease the tensions between free and slave states. The Compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, while the territories of New Mexico and Utah would decide on slavery by popular sovereignty. It also included the Fugitive Slave Act, which required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves and heightened tensions between North and South.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel played a crucial role in shaping public opinion about slavery in the United States. The book, detailing the harsh realities of slavery, stirred strong reactions in the North and South, contributing to the rising tensions leading up to the Civil War.

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This act established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing the settlers in those territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, a concept known as popular sovereignty. The act led to violent confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, known as "Bleeding Kansas."

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The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott, an enslaved African American, was not entitled to his freedom and that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could never be American citizens. The decision outraged abolitionists and contributed to the escalating tensions between the North and South.

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Lincoln's election as the 16th President of the United States, without any electoral votes from the Southern states, led directly to the secession of the seven Southern states. His opposition to the expansion of slavery into the new territories was a central issue of his campaign, marking a pivotal moment in American history and leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.