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He was elected and during the first year, the Mexican American war ended.
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The representative of Pennsylvania had proposed the Wilmot Proviso. It suggests that Slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican American War.
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When the Wilmot Proviso failed, a new political party formed. The free soil party, they wanted to keep new territories free of slavery.
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North made the Fugitive Slave Act as a way of making the South more docile.
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James Buchanan became president.
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This act organized the Kansas and Nebraska areas and to solve the issue made it popular sovereignty. This agitated Northerners weakened the Democrats and nulled the Whig Party.
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During this time, territorial elections happened primarily in Kansas. Thousands of border ruffians crossed the border to vote from the slave state of Missouri.
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Violence broke out in Congress after Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts criticized people who were pro-slaves.
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Democratic and Whig parties were splitting on sectional lines. The Whigs decided to join the Republican party.
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Supreme Court Case. A man attempted to sue for being a slave and his wife / 2 daughters unsuccessfully.
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lincoln came home to practice law, he was stunned by the kansas-nabraska act
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Abolitionist John Brown planned a raid on U.S. arsenal.
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John Brown led a raid, this time in Virginia, Harper´s Ferry. On October 16th 1859, his abolitionists raided an arsenal so that slaves may be armed during the War.
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Lincoln and Douglas meet again for the presidential race of 1860.
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As the North and the South drew further apart, some Americans sought ways to resolve the crisis and avoid war.
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Many southerners opposed secession. the decision to secede was made by state conventions.
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The confederacy soon faced challenges and many internal disagreements, It had no currency nor any job of printing confederate money.
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South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia all seceded. They established as the Confederate States.
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Lincoln inaugurated in March 4th, 1861. His main points were: Slavery shouldn't spread, Federal property in South is still federal property.
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This marked the beginning of the Civil War. In response, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve in the army for 90 days.
