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Since the South felt outnumbered, they decided to secede from the Union in 1860. They formed the confederate states of america.

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Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Because of this the South was now a minority.

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Lincoln and Douglas were in debated around separate issues. Although Douglas won, Lincoln gained a lot of popularity.

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By 1858, tensions were high in court and Dred Scott, an escaped slave, was trying to prove his liberty. However, he was denied it and Northerners increased in anger.

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Violence broke out in Congress. Sumner a politician that was convinced otherwise, and therefore he insulted other members of that party. However he got beaten.

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Around this time, there was much violence. Both groups of people would attack each other as they had different views.

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Kansas and Nebraska were granted the right to vote as an individual state over the issue of slavery. Due to this, both abolitionists and slavery groups wanted to influence the outcome.

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This allowed runaways to not have any legal rights, and prevented slaves from getting help and trouble escapement. Both North and South were dissatisfied, but for different reasons.

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There were many tensions on both the North and South in America. In order to achieve the most self-supplying results, each had to be compromised. Therefore, California would be admitted as a free state, New Mexico and Utah would be allowed to vote for themselves, slave markets would be banned in Washington, D.C., and the Fugitive Slave Act would be implemented.

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With the idea of freedom in mind, and with rebellions such as Nat Turner's, slaves began to try to escape North. This was detrimental for slave-owners as slaves were the contributing factor to income.

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After that, around the 1830's, there begin to be more speculation around the Second Great Awakening. This, among other movements, helped spark abolition.

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In 1820, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This act drew a line that was the beginning of the separation between North and South.