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An act was passed so slaves couldn't gain freedom by escaping to free states.
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Abolitionists would assist slaves by helping them escape their captors through various means.
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Admitted California as a free state after lots of conflict.
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An influential book written about the civil war and the slavery conflict as well as the underground railroad.
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Allowed popular sovereignty regarding slavery in states to decide if the state would or wouldn't be considered free.
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Citizens battled over control of their states position on slavery and free and slave states status.
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Charles Sumner encouraged anti slavery in the senate.
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Lincoln and Douglas had a series of 7 debates during the Illinois state election campaign of 1858.
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John Brown led an armed band of abolitionists in an assault on Harpers Ferry.
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Lincoln was elected in the election of 1860 with only 40% of the popular vote and 180 electoral votes.
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South Carolina was one of the first states to secede from the Union in 1860.
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Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumpter on April 12,1861 and they were the first shots of the Civil War.
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Claimed that no black, free or otherwise could claim citizenship