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Abe Lincoln defeated John Breckenridge, Stephen Douglas, and John Bell.

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The American Presidential Election of 1860

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First slave state in the south that declared it had seceded from the U.S.A.

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A series of 7 debates between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.

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Sound Smart: The Lincoln-Douglass Debates | History

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Slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished.

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John Browns effort to initate an armed slave arsenal.

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New constitution guaranteed citizens the right to own slaves.

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A plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana purchase int two territories.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act Explained: US History Review

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An effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries.

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Made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officals to arrest those slaves in free areas.

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Sound Smart: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 | History

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Idea that political power belongs to the people who should deside on banning or allowing slavery.

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Network of secret routes and safe houses established in the U.S during the early mid 19th century.

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Had the idea to build a railroad to the pacific ocean.

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Warned that a future court ruling or what he called the next Dred Scott decision would prohibit states from banning slavery

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Favors the abolition of a practice or institution especially capital punishments or slavery.