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Many slave advocates thought that is slavery became illegal in any more states that it would become illegal throughout the United States.

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This led people to protest how slavery was wrong and how it needed to be ended.

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John Brown was an abolitionist in Kansas. He caused battles that led to the deaths of pro-slavery people in Kansas.

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This helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slave holders were very upset about this.

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This book told about the evils of slavery and showed what parts of slavery have not been seen before.

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Dred Scott was a slave who looked for freedom. His case ended up in supreme court where they decided that no person with African American blood could become a U.S. Citizen.

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Once Abraham Lincoln was elected the southern states felt threatened since he was anti slavery. They thought that he was also against the south.

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The southern states felt that the federal government was taking too much power from them.

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Once Abraham Lincoln became president most of the southern states wanted to leave, however Abraham Lincoln did not let that happen and sent troops there to stop them from leaving.

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The south needed to slaves to work and run their fields. But, most of the north thought that slavery was wrong.