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When Lincoln declared, "Let there be no compromise," many states voted to leave the union and it became known as the Confederate States of America.

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10. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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10. Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President

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Lincoln was elected president with just 40 percent of the votes and all from the north. White southerners realized that the south was now the minority and no longer had the power to shape national events or policies.

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John down planned to seize the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in order to end slavery all together. All his men were either killed or captured during the raid.

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These debates were between Abraham Lincoln and Stephan Douglas about issues upon slavery .

https://evanleatherwood.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/800px-lincoln_debating_douglas.jpg

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The Dred Scott decision started when he sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court. It held that African Americans could never be citizens of the USA and also said that the missouri compromise was unconstitutional.

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Senator Charles Sumner voiced his thoughts on the raid on
Lawrence, Kansas. Two days later, Senator Butlers nephew attacked him in the Senate and beat him. It took him 3 years to recover.

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The struggle over slavery soon turned violent in Kansas. Proslavery settlers from Missouri invaded Kansas and burned many territories that left the north outraged.

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The Nebraska Kansas Act created two territories and also abolished the Missouri Compromise. It then allowed the settlers to determined if slavery would be allowed in their new territories.

http://www.studythepast.com/democracy/secessionimages/kansasnebraskaact.jpg

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If a person was arrested as a slave person , they had nearly no legal rights. Also, people could be put in jail, if you assist people to get out of jail or denied to help slave catchers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

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The Compromise of 1850 was when California was admitted as a free state. It was debated for 9 months. This compromise also allowed territories in the southwest to be set up without slavery restriction.

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In 1849 California applied to be admitted to the union as a free state but was rejected by southerners because they thought that it would upset the balance between free and slave states. This would result in unequal representation.

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The Wilmot proviso was opposed by southerners Congress because Congress didn't have the right to decide where slave holders could take their property. Luckily, the bill was rejected by the Senate.

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fugitive slaves were slaves that ran away to freedom in the north. Many times they were helped by sympathetic people in the north.

https://fathertheo.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/runaway-slave.jpg

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John Quincy Adams thought that slavery was going to come to a close, but started up again and was named the Second Great Awakening. The people that did lord's jobs were granted that they would get blessed by god, but for a couple of Americans, there jobs were to be slaves.

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was when Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state by Congress.

http://slideplayer.com/slide/10869809/