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The death of President Zachary Taylor resulted in the succession of vice president Millard Fillmore.
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The debate over whether territory attained during the Mexican War should be open to slavery was settled.
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The novel had an immense effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States. It helped to lay the groundwork for the Civil War.
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The act not only applied “popular sovereignty” to Louisiana Purchase territory north of Missouri Compromise line but also established two new territories.
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Settlers fought in Kansas over the issue of slavery. A pro-slavery mob burned a hotel and ransacked properties.
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The decision widened the North-South divide by threatening to entirely recast the political landscape that had thus far managed to prevent civil war.
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Lincoln and Douglas engaged in multiple public debates across the state of Illinois where they debated the most prominent issue of the antebellum era: slavery.
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Abolitionist John Brown and his followers captured federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to spark a slave revolt.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president on platform barring slavery from western territories.
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The first battle of the American Civil War. President Lincoln sent in troops to suppress rebellion and force the Southern states to rejoin the Union.
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