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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vElINTGzitYg3kAyt2is_9Mqm0ix2SlY4Eeu_i4Fjxc/edit#slide=id.g58bdd9cb61_7_11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/reasons-secession

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Many say this happened because of the South states wanting to preserve as much of the institution of slavery. Others say it was from  taxation or the principle of States' Rights.

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11. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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11. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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Abraham Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860 becoming the 16th president.

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A tall man in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln challenged Douglas for one of the states senate seat. There was lots of debates and in one of them Lincoln forced Douglas to publicly explain his stance on the issue of slavery. Even though Lincoln lost he had gained lots of respect from the north.

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This decision would surprise the northern abolitionists. The decision was two things, In a five to four decision, the court believed that Scott didn't have a right to sue his owner because he was a  African American slave which meant he was not,  U.S. citizen. Also the court made it so that by Scott staying in Wisconsin he be a free man because of the Missouri Compromise and how it was unconstitutional.

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A abolitionist preacher named John Brown and his gang dragged slaveholders in the night and hurt them which led into two groups fighting for control of Kansas. This led into beatings and continue fighting among  people.

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Kansas territory came into extreme violence which was called, Bleeding Kansas. Pro-slavery “border ruffians” targeted and attacked abolitionists in Kansas while Jayhawking abolitionists tried to hurt pro-slavery families.

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 was when Douglas  belived it would be easier to make Kansas and Nebraska states instead of just unorganized territories. He also believed Kansas and Nebraska should be able to vote for themselves for the issue of slavery. This led the nation closer to civil war then ever.

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Even when the compromise of 1850 passed Northerners were furious by the the Fugitive Slave Act. This was because the Fugitive Slave Act required and made it that you had to participate in the capture of suspected runaway slaves.

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Henry Clay created this act to balance demands of both sides. In this was 4 important provisions. This included, 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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Slaves who ran away from their master were called Fugitive Slaves they usually ran to the North where slavery was illegal. The Compromise of 1850 made it so the figurative slave act would be implemented.

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In 1830 a new wave of anti-slavery bills piled on congress. Northerns wanted to push the abolition of slavery into a political solution. This caused Southerns to want to end talk of abolition, this then turned into the "Gag Rule"

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The Missouri compromise of 1820 came with two things. One was a boundary that would be made across the Louisiana territory preventing any slavery to any states north of the 36th parallel and that Missouri would become a slave state. A deal was made in 1821 which made Missouri become a slave state.