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a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed slavery for what it was. Had mixed reviews at the time but it was extremely popular at the time.
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Came out of the ashes of the Whig party. Gave those who opposed slavery a party to vote for.
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Declared that both Kansas and Nebraska could chooses whether to come in as a free state or a slave state.
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The fighting between slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas
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Election divided due to the issue of slavery. after the fall of the Whig party was the last time there would be a Whig candidate.
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During a senate meeting Brooks physically assaulted Sumner by repeatedly hitting him with his cane
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Slave that after his owner moved to a free state and die prompting a change in ownership he decided that being in a free state means he should be free and thus sued his new owner but lost.
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The constitution written by pro-slavery forces in Kansas to get Kansas admitted as a slave state. was ultimately rejected.
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during the senate election in Illinois involved 7 topics including slavery and popular sovereignty.
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A speech given by Abraham Lincoln during the Illinois Republican state convention.
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A doctrine written by Stephen Douglass stating that western states could outlaw slavery.
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a raid on Harper's ferry by john brown to steal weapons to use to fight in bloody Kansas. the raid was a failure.
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A avid anti-slave leader. during bloody Kansas he freed slaves, massacred slavery forces. He was arrested charged and hanged.
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issues were slavery, states rights and the western territories. the republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won the election. the pro-slavery south were not happy about this outcome.
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After the election the south was unhappy and one by one they started to secede from the union starting with South Carolina
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He called for peace with the south and promised if they rejoined the union that he would not interfere with their states rights and wouldn't touch slavery where it already stood.