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Texas was paid 10 million dollars to not claim as much land. Washington was required to end the slave trade in the city, but they did not. California became a free state. And a stricter fugitive slave act was passed. -
The act passed stated that all fugitive slaves had to be returned to their masters. Anybody caught aiding or hiding a slave can get up to 6 months in prison. The North thought it was them extending the reach of their slavery. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe published a book that became wildly popular. The book was about a kind slave who was treated horribly by his master. It shed an even worse light on slavery, once people realized how slaves were being treated. -
This allowed the people to decide whether they are going to be a slave or free state. Kansas gets into a years-long fight over slavery. -
The supreme court ruled that Dred Scott was property and could not be free or have rights. It declared that the Mississippi compromise was unconstitutional. -
Brown leads a group of men to attack a weapons store to use the weapons to start a slave revolt. The south sees the extent of what the north will do to end slavery. -
Lincoln was the only candidate against slavery and he was elected. The election showed the country was divided and the south started to slowly secede. -
Fort Sumter a federal fort was attacked by the South when the Union attempted to resupply it. They were badly hurt and out of food so they surrendered the fort to the South. President Lincoln raised an army and the war had begun.