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Wilmot Proviso was a congressmen who proposed all land acquired from Mexico should not have slavery. Created a division between the North and South and showed how many people opposed slavery. 

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After the war with Mexico the United States decided to make slavery in California illegal and let the other new states decide their stance on slavery. This shifted the balance between the South and the North making the North more likely to win the presidency.

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This was a law that gave federal authority to authorities involving runaway slaves. This was heavily opposed in the North. This caused slaves to look for liberty in foreign land and led to many deaths. Slaves feared getting caught and many northerners garnered more support for the abolition of slavery.

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A program that allowed settlers to determine the slave issue. This offered a middle ground between the North and South. However many conflicts arouse in these states and northerners and southerners rushed in to tilt the state.

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Territories north of Missouri could decide slavery for themselves. Those lead to violence in Kansas and the formation of the Republican Party.

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A protest and fight between pro and anti slavery settler in the Kansas Territory. A civil war broke out in Kansas and many people died. This was the start of extreme tension between the North and South.

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A Supreme Court ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories. And no black person could be a citizen of the United States. This brought outrage.

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The Supreme Court decided to keep slavery. This brought outrage in the North as they Thought owning slaves was morally wrong.

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Seven Debates between Abraham and Douglas. This propelled Lincolns political career and putting him in the spotlight. This also stifled Douglases career.

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A Ferry was assaulted by armed abolitionists led by John Brown. This was a plan to establish an independent stronghold.

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Abraham Lincoln won the election and he would later fight to abolish slavery.

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Fort Sumter was attacked by the confederacy and was later captured. This was the start of the Civil War.