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Due to Lincolns win, southerners feared they had lost their voice in the government. Some southern states decided to do something about this. South Carolina started by seceding from the union in 1860. Then Mississippi followed, then florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.

I think this is the Main cause of the Civil War because, Northern states wanted Southern states to abolish slavery. The south refused and took greater measures to ensure slavery stays in their territory.

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Statues, passed in 1850 in 9 northern states. This forbade runaway slaves to be put in jail. It also guaranteed them jury trials for fugitive slaves. Raised tensions between the North and South.

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Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote and published Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This was controversial in the North and South. This novel became a bestseller over night. Millions of copies have been sold by 1853. Inspires Northerners.

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Part of the Compromise of 1850. Fugitives were not entitled to a trial by jury. This went against the 6th amendment which provided a speedy and public jury trail and right to counsel. Northerners help slaves which increases the tension between the north and south.

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John Brow led 21 men into Harpers Ferry. His goal was to seize federal arsenal and distribute the arms to slaves nearby. This enraged the south because they felt slaves weren’t intelligent enough to plan something like this. Causes more tension between the north and south.

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By Lincolns inauguration, only 2 southern forts remained in the unions hands. South Carolinas Fort Sumter was the more important one, The day after the inauguration, he was demanded to surrender or face attack. His supplies would only last him 6 weeks. This was the start of the Civil War.

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The right of residents of a territory to vote in favor or against slavery. This appealed to the North as well as the South. This leads to violent outbreaks foreshadowing the civil war.

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Dred Scott was a Missouri slave. His owner took him north of the Missouri Compromise line in 1834. For years they lived in free territory. When they returned years later his owner died and Dred started a lawsuit to gain his freedom. South and North separate even more and tensions rise.

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Free Slaves and White abolitionists created a secret network of people who would risk their lives to help slaves escape their plantations. They hid in tunnels and fake cupboards and were provided with food and clothing. Southerners are angry because the northerners are operating this.

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A law created in 1854, that established territories in Nebraska along with Kansas. This gave their people the right to vote on slavery.

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Henry Clay presented to the Senate a resolution called the Compromise of 1850. This would help settle questions about the free states and slave states. For the North they admitted California into the union as a free state. For the South, a new and more effective fugitive slave law. This did not resolve the issues of slavery.

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Idea that any territory could get rid of slavery by refusing to pass laws supporting it. This was expressed by Stephen Douglas in 1858. Causes tension between the North and South.

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California as well as New Mexico and Utah territories, would abolish slavery forever. This divided northerners and southerners over the issue of slavery.

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Name given to the Kansas Territory before the civil war. At this time the territory was arguing over pro and anti slavery forces. This was the first major bloody conflict surrounding slavery, which raised tensions.

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The 1858 US senate election between Douglas (D) and Lincoln (R). It seemed like the election was an easy win for Douglas. Douglas believed slavery would pass on its own, while Lincoln disagreed. Douglas wins which pushes Lincoln to run for President.

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The Democrat party was split over slavery. They ended up nominating John bell as the democrat. Lincoln won, but had less than half the popular vote. He had sectional support rather than national.