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The Missouri Compromise was an example of the United States expanding West. As the country grew so did the issue of slavery. It established a latitude line separating Northern and Southern states, 36- 30.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854. It got rid of the Missouri Compromise and created two new territories. People could vote on slavery, which led to violence called "Bleeding Kansas."

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Texas joined the US before the civil war. This angered Mexico. They thought it was their land.

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The Mexican-American war and Mexican Cession

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The Mexican-American war and Mexican Cession

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Mexico Ceded this territory after they lost the war. It contained part of 7 different states.

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The Mexican-American war and Mexican Cession

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Territories could choose whether or not they had slavery. roughly half were slave states and half were free. This changes a bit later as the territories split into many more states.

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Showed the horrors of slavery. Angered Abolitionists even more. Pushed the North further toward war being an option.

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Black people aren't citizens. they are property. The Supreme Court was controlled by Male White men.

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he was elected in 1860. He was against slavery. The people in the South hated him.

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South Carolina leaves the US. They later create the Confederacy. Which other states quickly join.

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Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy.

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Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy.

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Texas left the US. They joined the Confederacy. they fought the Union in the War.

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Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy.