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This war came from America wanting to remain neutral when it came to trade during the Anglo-French wars. And from America's ideas conflicted with the British Empire's, and the British leaders didn't care to appease America. (Porterfield, 2012)
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A bill was passed that allowed Missouri to be a slave state, so long as slavery was going to be prohibited in all the other parts of the Louisiana Purchase. (Brown, 2004)
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The government forced Native American removal to allow the American government to expand. (Beecher, 2005)
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Nat Turner wanted to free the slave population of the region he lived in. He worked with six other orchestrators to make this plan. Nat Turner killed his enslaver and by the end of the next day, Turner and his group killed fifty white people. This rebellion created terror among white citizens in the southern region and stricter laws that oppressed the slaves even further were put in place. (Bisson, 2009)
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This war was a conflict between Mexico and Texas. Texas wanted to be independent of Mexico and then to become apart of America. However, Mexico was dedicated to keeping their territory. This resulted in them going to war. Texas was able to gain its independence. (Tucker, 2013)
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This act was introduced by Senator Stephan Douglas in 1854. The act stated that Kansas and Nebraska would go into Union because of popular sovereignty. Violence erupted because of this and pushed America closer to a civil war. (Williams, 2006)
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This was a that was ultimately from all the tension that was building in the country. The threat of the spread of slavery was a major factor in the war. Other factors were, state's rights, and the economic and social differences between the north and south. (Harris, 2003)
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In July 1862 Congress passed a law that effectively emancipated slaves that came under Union control. (Taylor, 2002)