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THis was a debate over wether slavery would be allowed in the new states.There was a line that seperated slavery in the country.
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This was a slave revolt led by Nat Turner. His group killed 55 people in Virginia.
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THis is a plan presented by Wilmot to stop the spread of slavery into the new territorties.
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This was a party formed to discuss the issue of slavery. Martin Van Buren was their first president.
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THis ended the slave trade, entered california as a free state, made a strict fugitive slave law, and settled border problems.
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This law was part of the Cmpromise of 1850. It required citizens to turn in fugitive slaves and it gave the judges a reward.
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This was a novel by Harriet Stowe. It told abouth the evils of slavery. This book angered southerners and they dissaggreed with the book.
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This act divided Kansas and Nebraska into territories. It also decided that slavery would be decided by popular sovreignty.
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John Brown and his four sons killed four pro-slavery men in the middle of the night. He said God told him to do this.
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Dredd Scott lived in a free state with his owner when his owner died in a slave state. Dred Scott was declared property in the supreme court.
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Douglass beleived slavery should be decided by popular sovreignty. Lincoln didn't want slavery in the new states and wanted the country to stop fighting.
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John Brown started a raid and set the slaves free. No slaves wanted to help him. He was later arrested and hanged.
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Lincoln defeated Douglass and the southerners were very angry. They thought that the north had too much power.
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South Carolina secedded from the union. They were the first state to do this.
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This was the battle and surrender of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. This was a big trigger of the civil war.
