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Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state, keep the balance between the entry of slave and free states into the Union

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This helped cause the war because this is when Texas became a slave state.

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The creation of this product had a big impact on slavery. This turned cotton into a cash crop and people made their salves do all the work.

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The outbreak of the Mexican and American War due to unresolved border issues between the Republic of Texas and Mexico

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the idea that Westward Expansion as a divine right of the American people highlighting the extension of slavery issue

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This railroad was dedicated to help the slaves to escape.

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The Underground Railroad Explained: US History Review

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When Lincoln was elected many of the southern states didn't want to be a part of the united states anymore.

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He got elected president and he was against slavery, so the south thought he was against them.

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heavily on the institution of slavery and whether the federal government had the right to regulate or even abolish slavery within an individual state

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the primary cause of the war was the Southern states' desire to preserve the institution of slavery.

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These fears were realized when the expansion of slavery into western territories entered Congressional debates.

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Southern states continued to rely on slaves for their farming economy and cotton production. Southerners made huge profits from cotton and slaves and fought a war to maintain them.

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The North and South fought over weather the Kansas territory should be slave free.