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The Missouri Compromise was made in 1820, to ensure the balance of free and slave states in congress. Under the Missouri Compromise, Missouri would enter the union as a slave state, while Maine would enter the union as a free state.

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Because the South couldn't agree on a compromise they left the union. Since Lincoln didn't agree on slavery being allowed to spread to new territories he didn't agree with the compromise.

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11. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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11. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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Lincoln won the election with just 40% of the votes, all coming from the North. This election caused southerners to realize that the South was now in the minority.

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During the debate, Lincoln argued that slavery was a moral issue, not a legal one. Although Lincoln lost the election his debate left a lasting impression on the north, where support for abolition was gaining momentum.

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The Dred-Scott decision was a decision made by the Supreme Court. It stated that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and the Missouri Compromise itself was unconstitutional.

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Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts suspected that the violence in Kansas was part of Senator Stephen Douglas's plan to make Kansas a slave state. Sumner made a speech about his suspicions and targeted many Southerners such as Senator Andrew P. Butler of South Carolina. 2 days later Butler's nephew attacked Sumner at Senate and beat him with a metal cane.

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After the Nebraska-Kansas Act was passed, many settlers moved to Kansas. Among those settlers were people of opposed and supported slavery. Pro-slavery supporters raided the home of the antislavery government. This outraged the North and was the start of a lot of violence in Kansas.

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act created two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska. It also abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers themselves to decide whether or not they would allow slavery.

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Northerners and Southerners weren't in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act. Northerners didn't want to enforce the Act, while Southerners felt that it didn’t do enough to ensure the return of their escaped property.

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Under the Compromise of 1850, California would be admitted as a free state, and New Mexico and Utah territories could decide whether to allow slavery. The compromise also ended the slave trade in Washington D.C and created a stronger fugitive law. This Compromise wasn't accepted by the Northerners or Southerners. They all felt that there wasn't enough benefits for either side.

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After Nat Turners' Rebellion more and more slaves started to rebel and ran away to freedom in the North, where they were helped by kind northerners. These runaway slaves enraged the Southerners, causing them to push Congress to pass a law that returned the slaves back to them.

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The gag rule helped keep slavery out of Congress for a while, but abolitionists continued to attack slavery, while Southerners were trying to control the problem of fugitive slaves. In 1849, California applied to the union as a free state, which therefore caused a lot of commotion with the Northerners and Southerners.