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War with Mexico
Issues in balance of power in the US -
Compromise of 1850
36 30 N slave states only below the line slowed tension -
Fugitive Slave Law
forced all states to return slaves to owners -
Underground Railroad
secret safe houses for slaves to escape to Canada -
Pro and Con Literature
book shows how slavery is a failing cultural society -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Gave people the choice and caused Bleeding Kansas -
Bleeding Kansas
Missouri fighting in Kansas over slavery -
The Republican Party
opposed slavery -
Sumner-Brooks Incident
Brooks beat Sumner with a cane tension in congress -
Panic of 1857
Economy failed in North cause unemployment -
The Lecompton Constitution
Pro slavery Kansas document rejected by the people -
Dred Scott Decision
slaves will remain slaves regardless of what state they move to -
Lincoln Douglas debates
fighting over the Dred Scott decision caused Douglas to lose the election -
John Brown's Raid
started a slave rebellion that cause the south to blame to north -
Election of 1860
Lincoln won and people believed the US would split
