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Allowed Missouri to become a slave state, while admitting Maine as a free state.
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Slevery should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico.
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Califormia became a free state, New Mexico could be a free state, Washington D.C. would not allow trading or selling slaves.
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Required citizens in the North to help catch runaway slaves.
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The novel was about several slaves and their struggles. It told the story with brutal descriptions of whippings, families being split apart.
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Both states are free. Kansas and Nebraska both seemed likely to become free states.
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A bill that states could allow slavery by popular sovereignty.
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A slave named Dred Scott was taken to the North with his owner. After his owner died, he sued for his freedom, saying he was in a free state. The Supreme Court said he was not a citizen and could not sue.
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Stephen Douglas was against slavery, but believed it should be up to each state. Abraham Lincoln was against slavery, but believed Congress couldnt eliminate slavery but just keep it from spreading. The two men had several debates because they were running for Senate. Slavery was the main topic.
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John Brown was against slavery. He led a small group of whites to try to capture weapons in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. The goal was to arm slaves. Plan failed and Brown was captured. He was tried for murder and treason. He was hanged.
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Lincoln won the majority of the votes. Lincoln won all of Northerns votes.
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Southern states started their own country. The president was Jefferson Davis. The capital was Richmond, Virginia.
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South carolina opposed Lincolns election and voted to break away. They did not want to be part of the United states. They were the first southern state to fo this.
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A strategic fort that guarded Charleston Harbor. It was occupied by the Union forces. Southern forces bombarded the fort until the Union gave up. No deaths -- except a horse.