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The United States wanted to preserve the balance of power in Congress. This led to Missouri becoming a slave state because the South didn't want to lose their money.
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Abolitionist wanted to gain land so it becomes a free land, but the Southerners didn't agree.
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Harritet Tubman worked as a nurse to help to wounded soldiers. She was a runaway and migrated to Philadelphia. During this time, ships were going back and forth to free slaves and slaves soon began to migrate to free lands.
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This compromise was passed to make Washington D.C and California free states. The Fugitive Act was passed along with four other laws.
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This was the second act in the Compromise. They allowed to get runaway slaves to return back to their owners. People hired others to get them back.
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Harriet was an active abolitionist. She was a teacher. She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. This impacted on the Civil war because the South felt threatened by the book and they wanted to protect their rights.
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Stephen A. Dougless proposed the act where voters decided whether they wanted a free state or slave state in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Violent forces were occuring between the North and South deciding if Kansas would become a free state. The two sides were competing against one another.
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Dred Scot was a slave until he was freed to another state. His owner's family wanted to take him back as a slave. Scott went to the Supreme Court to try and sue, but could not because it was unconstitutional.
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Stephan A. Dougless and Abraham Lincoln were candidates competing to become president. Lincoln was against slavery and Dougless was for slavery. Abraham won the election and Southerners grew angry and seceded from the country and declared war.
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