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It was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was an antislavery advocate. This novel was important because it brought the harsh reality of slavery to light. This only fueled the tensions between the North and South because of the different viewpoints. -
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
After Kansas became a territory, pro and anti slavery activists rushed into Kansas. Which caused violent and bloody conflicts between the two groups. Trying to persuade people to vote, because of the popular sovereignty. -
Was formed because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed slavery to expand. So the former people who were apart of the Whigs, Free Soilers, and anti-slavery Democrats came together and created the Republican party. There first meeting was in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854. Core beliefs
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This Election had the new Republican Party running. Was mainly focused on slavery. The know-nothing or the American party was about anti-immigrant and anto catholic polices. Buchanan-174
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It was created by pro-slavery activist who wanted slavery in Kansas. It was made to protect salveholder rights and excluded African Americans from the Bill of Rights. Congress did not admit Kansas under its terms.
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Dred Scott was an enslaved man who had lived in free states and territories. He sued, saying that he should be a free man, since he lived in free areas. The Supreme Court said that African Americans were not US citizens. Living in a free state or territory did not make an enslaved person free, and Congress had no authority to ban slavery in U.S. territories.
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Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, delivered this speech. He uses a biblical metaphor, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." He used to show how this tension was unsustainable for the nation. He also states that the U.S. could not remain divided between free and unfree states.
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There was a series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over who should get the Senate seat for Illinois. These debates were about slavery, the Dred Scott court case, and the future of the Union.
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This raid was led by John Brown and his supporters. Their goal was to arm enslaved people and seize the federal arsenal. The U.S. Marines, led by Robert Lee, captured Brown.
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Brown was convicted of treason and murder. North saw brown as a martyr, and the South saw him as a terrorist and lunatic.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as president, which scared the South because they were worried about what he would do about the slavery issue.
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Call for unity, he states, "we are not enemies, but friends. We must not be Enemies." He won't interfere with slavery.
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This was the South leaving the Union because of Lincoln becoming president, the issue of slavery, and the tensions between the North and South.