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In order to preserve the balance between free states and slave states the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was created. The compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.

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As tension in the North and South grew, hasty actions were made by people on both sides. One of these examples was Nat Turner's rebellion.

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Fugitive Slaves are slaves that have run away from their owners without asking them. These slaves tried to reach areas where slavery was banned so that they could live peacefully.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a huge bundle of bills passed by congress. Some of these bills included the fugitive slave act, the Ostend Manifesto, and the Kansas Nebraska Act. These acts were mainly passed to ease the tension between the North and South.

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The Fugitive Slave Act was one of the bills passed through the compromise of 1850. The act required slaves to be returned to their original owners even if they were in a free state.

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 was another bill that was passed through The Compromise of 1850. This bill allowed the people in Kansas and Nebraska to get together and decide whether they wanted a free state or wanted slavery.

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Following the Kansas-Nebraska Act, thousands of people that wanted slavery came to Kansas, but the Northerners wanted to prevent slavery at all cost. This battle was almost a "pre civil-war', just a precursor of what was to come.

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On May 22, 1856, a Democrat from South Carolina that believed in Slavery used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner. Charles Sumner was an abolitionist.

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Dred-Scott was one of the fugitive slaves that tried to escape slavery by going to a free state. After the Fugitive Slave Act was formed, he was ordered back to where he came from but he argued that he shouldn't because he was now a free man.

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A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln was the Republic Party Candidate while Douglas was the Democratic Party Candidate.

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Abraham Lincoln ends up winning the presidential election because of all the support he got for ending slavery. Because of this the south is afraid of slavery ending and tensions grow even more.

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Because of the tension growing in the South, the South chooses to secede and withdraw from the union. The main reason behind this was all the issues regarding slavery.