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This was a document that proposed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War.
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A compromise reached between the United States and Mexico after the Mexican-American war in order to split the territories gained into slave and free states.
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Required that all slaves, when captured, to be returned to their masters. Also forced citizens to turn in the slaves.
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This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe was very controversial because of its unflinching look at the cruelties of slavery.
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Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820
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A series of violent political confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters.
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Declared that any African American who's ancestors were brought to the U.S by slavery could never become citizens of the United States and could not hold lawsuits in federal court.
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A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
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Abolitionist John Brown tries to begin an armed slave revolt . Brown and his groupies were then defeated by the U.S Marines.
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Abraham Lincoln becomes president after defeating John Breckinridge.
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The first battle of the Civil War of the United States.
