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The Battle of Bull Run was the first battle of the Civil War. The battle of Bull Run happened with the north and south so slavery would end.

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"The Battle of Bull Run - July 21, 1861" - Part 4 - American Civil War Anniversary Series

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The Civil War started in 1861, and ended in 1865. The reasoning behind the Civil War was because northern USA wanted no slavery and southern USA wanted slavery. The Civil War was one of the deadliest wars with 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers killed.

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The republican party was a new political entity based on the principle of opposing slavery’s extension into the western territories.

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John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry 1859 convinced more and more southerners that their northern neighbors were bent on the destruction of the “peculiar institution” that sustained them.

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Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 was the final straw, and within three months seven southern states South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas had seceded from the United States.

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The Dred Scott Case was a case that confirmed the legality of slavery in the territories.

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Bleeding Kansas led to the Civil War because it had lots of violence surrounding Kansas and put lots of pressure on national poloticians to accept a constitution that prohibited Slavery.

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The Kansas- Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also made a harsh uprising called "Bleeding Kansas."

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Franklin Pierce was a little known politician from New Hampshire. Franklin Pierce promised to honor the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act, and southerners trusted Pierce on the issue of slavery.

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Franklin Pierce | 60-Second Presidents | PBS

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In the election of 1852, it was clear that none of them would win majority of votes, so people turned to Franklin Pierce, in trust the issue of slavery. Eventually they had nominated William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Both men had won.

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The reasoning behind the Antislavery Literature is to increase public access to a body of literature crucial to understanding African American experience, US and hemispheric histories of slavery, and early human rights philosophies.

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The Fugitive Slave Act made it a crime to help runaway slaves and made it so you could arrest slaves in free areas. If you were to help hide or help a runaway slave, you would face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

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Sound Smart: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 | History

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The Comprimise of 1850 made people in the North excited for the end of slavery and the South less excited for the end of slavery.

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Slavery caused the Civil War because people couldn't decide if it was right or wrong.