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Missouri wanted to come in as a free state. But the government wanted the number of free states & slave states to be equal, so they broke up Massachusetts which became Maine. Which was added as a free state. And Missouri was added as a slave state.
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A World-Wide Best Selling Book was written that exposed slavery to people who live in the North and Europe. These people had never seen a slave plantation and they realized that all the cotton they get from the south is all from slave labor. This causes some boycotting.
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The Supreme Court decides that the issue is dividing the country between those who favor slavery & those who oppose slavery.
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South Carolina was the first to secede from the united states, which led to 11 other states following South Carolina.
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Stephen Douglas was the leader of the Democratic Party. He supported Popular Sovereignty & wanted the people to decide if their territory/state would have slavery. On the other hand, Abraham Lincoln, a young and relative unknown national politician at the tim, ran against Douglas for the Illinois Senate seat.
