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1858: Kansas Voters Reject the Lecompton Constitution

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1858: Kansas Voters Reject the Lecompton Constitution

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In 1857, the Lecompton Constitution was created, allowing for Kansas to be a state that practiced enslavement. Pro-enslavement forces supported by President James Buchanan attempted to push the Constitution through the U.S. Congress for acceptance.

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1856: Charles Sumner Attacked by Preston Brooks on the U.S. Senate Floor

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1856: Charles Sumner Attacked by Preston Brooks on the U.S. Senate Floor

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Violence occurred on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Congressman Preston Brooks, who favored enslavement, attacked Sen.

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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Federal Union. The south seceded with a number of grievances. These grievances included a number of disagreements on major issues. Among them was slavery, state rights, and political matters.

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20th December 1860: South Carolina secedes from the United States of America

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The election of 1860 proved to be the breaking point for an already unstable nation. It demonstrated the divisions within the U.S. just before the Civil War.

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The militant anti-slavery activist, John Brown, led a group of 21 armed men to seize weapons and ammunition from a federal armory at Harpers Ferry, enough to equip an army, and then lead a slave rebellion in the South.

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The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate and Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate both vying to win the Senate seat of Illinois.

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The Dred Scott decision stated that Scott as a slave was not a U.S. citizen and therefore couldn’t sue in a federal court.

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Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces .

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Learn key facts behind Bleeding Kansas, a series of violent confrontations between pro- and anti-slavery forces during the settling of Kansas, from historian

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed slavery in the territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude. Slavery would be decided by the residents of each territory.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act Explained: US History Review

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It was a very disappointing election for lots of people because Winfield Scott should have won. The Whigs chose a Mexican War hero over the current president. And the war hero, Winfield Scott, lost the election by a large margin.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble in his beliefs.

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The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed by the U.S. Congress. It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed by the U.S. Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican-American War.

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The Compromise of 1850 Explained: US History Review