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Maine is accepted as a free state, Missouri is accepted as a slave state, and a slavery line is created at as 36 30.
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Stated that any new territory aqcuired form Mexico will not be slave territories.
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California is admitted as a free state.
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A law requiring the North to return runaway slaves.
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A book written to discourage slavery in the North.
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Stated that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that citizens should decide whether to have slavery.
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A document created to get Cuba from Spain, but was never used.
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Southerners invade Lawrence, burning down a hotel and looting homes.
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Preston Brooks severly beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane during a court session.
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John Brown invades as retaliation for the raid on Lawrence, Kansas.
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The supreme court states that Dred Scott is not a free man because he is mere property.
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A debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas that made Lincoln famous.
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John Brown invades Harper's Ferry, Virgina in hope to arm slaves to start a rebellion.
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South Carolina is the first to secede, starting a civil war.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th President.
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Confederates capture Fort Sumter after seceding from the union.
