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After the shocking election, many Southerners once again wanted to secede from the Union. Many senates wanted to fix this epidemic by attempting to use more compromises, even though they did not end well before. Through these times, a reporter asked Lincoln about the issues and he said that he would not abolish slavery and enforce the Fugitive Slave Act which was odd coming from an abolitionist. Yet, during this time citizens of South Carolina voted together to secede, which then brought others to join them as well. From here the seceded states became known as the Confederate States of America.
Source: Ushistory.org

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Abraham Lincoln was elected president in a peculiar way, he had only 40% of votes he still out won his other opponents. With Lincoln being president, many white Southerners feared that slavery would be abolished by Congress due to Lincoln.
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John Brown, an abolitionist, was angered by the practices of slavery and he decided to abolish the federal arsenal at Hapers Ferry, Virginia. He fully armed slaves with weapons to seize the federal arsenal. This lead to a rebellion with the Southerners. Sadly in the end, John Brown's idea of raid led to the death of all his men and was accused of treason which led to his death.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of debates on the subject of slavery during the course for the election as senator. Douglas believed that the Dred-Scott Decision help solve the slavery issue, Lincoln saw it as a moral issue rather than a legal issue. Through these arguments, Lincoln did not win but he put an idea of antislavery into citizens' heads.
Source: Abraham-lincoln-history.org

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The Dred-Scott Decision was a decision made by the Supreme Court stating that African Americans could never be citizens. Also, it displayed the Missouri Compromise as being unconstitutional.
Source: Ushistory.org

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After the Bloodshed in Kansas, Senator Charles Summer of Massachusetts, was very upset over the idea of slavery going into the state of Kansas. He believed that Stephen Douglas sided with the Southerners to create Kansas into a slave state. Summer gave a compelling speech to display the idea of destroying an "innocent" state. This made people realize that the nation was truly divided.
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In 1854, many settlers fled into Kansas, many of them were farmers but the two rebelling sides came into Kansas: the Northerners and the Southerners. With the abolitionists from the north, and the pro-slavery settlers from the south came into contact with one another struggling to obtain power. Then, in May of 1856, pro-slavery settlers invaded Lawrence, Missouri to create  another blocking with the antislavery settlers, due to Lawrence being the home to antislavery.
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The Nebraska-Kansas Act was lead by Stephen A. Douglas to create two boundaries known as Nebraska and Kansas. It got rid of the Missouri Compromise and allowed the civilians to decide their fate of having slaves or not.
Source:  Abraham-lincoln-history.org

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The Fugitive Slave Act was an act that tried to bring back escaped slaves to their owners. Northerners and Southerners had arguments over this because Northerners believed that Congress should not enforce it, but the Southerners disagreed. If slave catchers brought back fugitive slaves they were considered as good citizens, but if they did not they were considered as bad citizens. The "bad citizens" could be jailed due to not fulfilling orders of Congress.
Source:  Britannica.com

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The Compromise of 1850 was to admit California into the Union after the many issues with the Southerners and Northerners. Also, this allowed to admit the territories like New Mexico and Utah. This helped decide to permit slavery into these states, and to outlaw slave trade in major cities like Washington D.C. Lastly, it helped to enforce a stronger fugitive slave law.
Source:  Ushistory.org

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Three years later after the war, Congress had dealt with many questions on what to do with the slavery in the land of the Mexicans. Southerners wanted it to be open to slavery, but the Northerners did not want it. So, to deal with the disagreements, the Southerners proposed a bill stating that the north side of the land will ban slavery, and the south would allow it. Still many disagreements were made between the Northerners and the Southerners of Congress. The Southerners made many excuses to not allow California as a free state, due to its unbalance of slave states and free states. In the end, there were many issues with California becoming a state, due to Northerners believing that slavery was a crime against humanity.
Source:  Georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu

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With the "gag rule" in play with Congress for ten years, President James Polk came and issued a bill to Congress asking for funds with the war with Mexico. The the representative of Pennsylvania, David Wilmot, had the Wilmot Proviso added to the bill stating that slavery and involuntary should not exist with any of the territory that is associated with Mexico. This led to the Mexican-American War.
Source:  Digital.library.cornell.edu

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After Nat Turner's Rebellion, there was still a rebellion going on. The fugitives from slavery abandoned their horrific lives and was helped by the generous Northerners. The Slaveholders were very upset due to this, and associated Northerners with bank robbers. The Slaveholders connected the slaves with their land, so when they would escape they saw their land has being gone.
Source: Ohiohistorycentral.org

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John Quincy Adams, the 6th president, realized that the race for slaves was over, until the infamous Second Great Awakening arose. After the abolitionists petitioned over antislavery, Congress could not handle the petitions, so the "gag rule" came into play which silenced all issues involving slavery.
Source:  Abolitionseminar.org

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed maintenance of power between slave and free states. It was an agreement made by Congress  to admit Maine as a free state and Missouri was allowed into the union but as a slave state.
Source:  Britannica.com