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Came to an agreement that missouri would be considered a slave state and Maine would be free.
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Proposed by henry clay and john calhoun as a resolution to the nulification crisis. created to reduce complaints southerners had about protectionism. also prompted south carolina to reason succesion.
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The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory and wanted a stong anti slavery union.
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Robert E Lee became superintent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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Franklin pierce was president and wanted expansion and to extend slavery into the areas. He bought land from mexico nd wanted to organize western territories. Residents of these new territories would decide if they wanted slavery outraged "bleeding Kansas" broke out.
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Congress established territories between nebraska and kansas. They wanted territory for kansas because the west was expanding.
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Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri, had appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of being granted his freedom. Supreme court declared that free and non free slaves wouldnt be allowed to be a citizen of the united states.
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Abraham lincion was inogorated
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