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An effort to balance power between slave and free states.
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Rebellion of black slaves that took place in Southampton County, Virginia
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A war between the U.S. and Mexico over territory.
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Unsuccessful proposal attempting to ban slavery in territory gained in Mexico.
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5 laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery.
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Part of the Compromise of 1850, responsible for finding and returning runaway slaves to the south.
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Anti-slavery novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowed citizens to choose if they wanted slavery or not.
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Violent confrontations in Kansas over if slavery should be legal or not.
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U.S. supreme court decides the U.S. constitution doesn't include citizenship for blacks.
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Failed attempt for a slave uprising to take over U.S. arsenal.
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Group of 11 states that seceded from the U.S. after Lincoln was elected.
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Lincoln is elected president and tension increases as the south become angry.
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South Carolina is the first state to secede from the United Sates
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Fort Sumter is attacked by the South Carolina Militia
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Bloodiest battle of the war, fought between Robert E. Lees army and the Union.
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The final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
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Battle with the largest number of casualties, considered as the turning point of the war.
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Led to the surrender of Robert E. Lee
