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Prohibited slavery above the parrallel 36 30 north, except for Missourie
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An anti-immigration party founded on the principles of Nativism.
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A law that banned slavery in any territory gained in the Mexican War and on.
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The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
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A package of five bills that attempted to prevent the civil war.
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Runaway slaves had to be returned to their masters.
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An abolition book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Was very popular, and challenged people to challenge the ethics of slavery.
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Founded by ex-whigs. and anti-slavery activists.
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The U.S. purchases New Mexico from Mexico.
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Created the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing sttlers to determine whether they allow slavery or not through popular sovereignty.
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Violence broke out in Kansas as to whether it would become a slave state or free state.
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James Buchanan won the election under the Democrat platform.
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Dred Scot was a slave who's master died while he was in a free state, he went to court in attempt to gain freedom.
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Lincoln and Douglas were both running for senate. Lincoln wanted to prevent the new states from becoming slave states while Douglas believed that the states should vote on it.
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John Brown was a white abolitionist who attempted to start on armed slave revolt that failed quite miserably. Overall created tension between the North and South.
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Abraham Lincoln wins the election for President of the United States on the Republican Platform.
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South Carolina Seceeds from the Union after the election of 1860.