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a deal to keep peace between free and slave states. It let California be free and added the Fugitive Slave Act, which said escaped slaves had to be returned. -
Bleeding Kansas was when pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups fought in Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It showed how divided the country was over slavery. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act let people in those territories vote on whether to allow slavery. This caused fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups -
Preston Brooks vs. Charles Sumner was when Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane in Congress after Sumner insulted slave owners. It showed how angry people were over slavery. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a Supreme Court case where the Court said enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights to sue. It made tensions over slavery even worse. -
The Lincoln Douglas Debates were talks between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas about slavery. They showed how divided the country was before the Civil War. -
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry was when John Brown tried to start a slave rebellion by taking over a weapons base. It failed, and he was caught and executed. -
The election of Lincoln in 1860 made many Southerners angry because he was against slavery spreading. His win led to Southern states leaving the Union. Candidates where Abraham Lincoln who was republican, Stephen Douglas who was democrat, John Breckinridge, and John Bell