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This event happened on February 8 through February 20. The Congress made this law to make congress have the same amount of slave and free states. Why did this happen? It happened because the congress went crazy when Missouri wanted to become a slave state. This compromise happened in Missouri.

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The fugitive slave act made on September 18 of 1850 was the beliefs of southerners wanting slaves and the northerners wanting free blacks.  This law was made into congress in Washington D.C.  What it did was it made all runaway slaves to return to their owners. This all happened because of congress and the government.

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Uncle Toms Cabin was a book that was a bestseller that talked about a black slave and the story revolved around him. It was made in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe a women against slavery. This book is still known now and is a good explanation of slavery. It was mad in Brunswick, Maine.

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The Kansas Nebraska Act was made on May 30, 1854,  It was an act to see if Kansas or Nebraska would become a slave state. This law was made by congress for reasons to have equal slave and free states, It was made to repeal the Missouri compromise of 1820. so their would be equal slave and free states. This happened in Kansas and Nebraska.

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Bleeding Kansas was a big part leading to the civil war, it was when Kansas government turned against each other and it lead to violence throughout Kansas. This was caused by the government because of the act to be a slave or free state. This happened in the year of 1855.

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This event occurred on may 22, 1856. This Is when representative Brooke severely injured/abused Charles Sumner after his speech about slavery. Charles Sumner did not like slavery and wanted to end it but Brooke thought differently. This happened in Washington D.C.

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This decision happened in the supreme court in Washington D.C. This decision happened 1857 a couple years before the start of the civil war. This was when the supreme court said that slaves weren't  allowed in court and that all states can't choose if they are free or not. I don't know why the supreme court did this but it's probably because he was all for slavery.

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It happened on Harper's Ferry on October 16, 1859.  This is when armored slaves revolted against the government because of slavery. This was caused by a man named John Brown. This all happened in Virginia. This happened because John Brown was upset about slavery.

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This is my presentation on the main 8 events that happend to start the civil war. No one is more important than the other they all helped start the civil war.