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The Republicans were with Lincoln and the Democrats were split with the North and South. Lincoln won the election with 40% votes and in the south he wasn't even on the ballot.South Carolina was the first southern state to succeed from the north and have there own national anthem with pride in it other states succeeded a few months later the rest of th

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John Brown planned to seize the federal arsenal at Harper ferry, Virginia to arm slaves for a rebellion that would end slavery. When his men attacked they were killed or captured. Brown committed treason and was sentenced to die. This scared the south with the knowledge that it would be the Souths blood spilled whenever there was a slave rebellion.

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Lincoln and Douglas argued over the issue of slavery. Douglas thought the country would be able to be half slave and half free while Lincoln believed the country couldn't survive if this happened. Lincoln wanted to unite the country by solving the case of if there should be slavery or if it should be abolished.

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Dred Scott had traveled with his owner to Wisconsin after the Missouri Compromise , meaning he was a free man if he stayed there for a while. years later he went to court to fight for his freedom . He lost because he was not a citizen and could not become one.

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The fugitive slave act pleased no one, the south was mad at the north for not returning slaves and the north was anti-slavery so it created more tension than what was already there. The North wouldn't follow fugitive slave laws and the south was angered about it

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Henry Clay was a senator and proposed no auctions in d.c anymore, california as a free state,  utah and new mexico decide on free state or slave state, and pass fugitive law.  The north and south accepted the compromise  although none of the crisis ended.

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As John Quincy Adams predicted the "contest" over slavery was settled. In the 1830's abolitionist sent anti slavery petitions in but congress had no power to interfere with slavery in the south. John Quincy Adams had proposed that after 1842 no one could be born into slavery, but since the "gag rule" passed no one was able to speak there mind and Adams proposal was rejected.

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People in the country questioned the statehood of Missouri. Henry Clay of KY came up with the idea that Missouri became a slave state and Maine as a free state to keep balance in power with states.Congress men that supported this in the north were called traitors.