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A bill admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

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Tensions rose and the Missouri Compromise unravels.

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Fugitive Slaves were slaves that escaped from their owners to northern free states.

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A group of bills meant to defuse the rising tension between the free and slave states.

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A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners, no matter the state.

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An act that created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas.

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A mini civil war of sorts to determine if Kansas would be a free or slave state.

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A pro-slavery Democrat attacked an anti-slavery Republican with a walking cane, growing the divide between north and south.

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Dred Scott was a slave who tried to sue his owner for freedom since he was living in a free state. He was unsuccesful.

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Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President 

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Abraham Lincoln is Elected as President 

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After winning the Lincoln-Douglas debate, Lincoln gained enough popularity to eventually be elected into office.

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After years of tension building, the south finally seceded from the union, starting the Civil War.