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Representative David Wilmot proposed that congress ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the united states as a result of the Mexican American war.
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A line that determined what states were free states and what states were slave states.
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A novel about kindly uncle tom, an enslaved man who is abused by the cruel Simon Legree
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After the massacre, he had returned to New England. He plotted a plan to raise an army and free people in the south that were enslaved. John Brown led a raid to harpers ferry. His goal was to seize guns the United States army had stored there. Ten of Brown’s followers were killed. Brown was killed and captured.
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Allowed the settlers in the territories to decide whether their territory would allow slavery
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An antislavery settler from Connecticut. Led seven men to a pro-slavery settlement near Pottawatomie creek there he murdered five proslavery men and boys.
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All American territories were open to slavery
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A debate that lasted many months regarding slavery and expansion of slavery they were running for Illinois senate
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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected at the first republican president elected
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The Southerners were mad at Abraham Lincoln because they thought that they had no voice in the government so they seceded from the union.
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The leaders from the seven seceding states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form a new nation. They called it the confederate states of America
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The fort’s commander would not surrender the fort. South Carolina authorities decided to starve the fort's troops to surrender. Abraham didn’t want to give up the fort. The confederate soldiers decided to capture the fort.
