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An attempt to decide which states were going to become free or slave states. Led to "Bleeding Kansas"
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Rebellion of black slaves that took place in Southampton County, Virginia.
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A unsuccessful attempt to end slavery in territory acquired from Mexico.
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War over weather Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande.
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Acted passed stating that run away slaves must be returned to there owners even if they were in free states.
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A book that showed how bad the slaves life on a plantation was.
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Allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to vote if they should allow slavery.
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The Supreme Court ruled Dred Scott as not a citizen even though he lived in a free state.
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An attempt to start an armed revolt. John Brown tried to get slaves to help him raid Harpers Ferry to set them free.
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Aberham Lincoln was elected as US persident.
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After the election of Abe Lincoln, South Caroline secedes from the United States of America and starts the Confederacy.
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A debate over slavery led to a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas.
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Seven states had left the Union. Those states were Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
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The attack on Fort Sumter was to take over a Union base in South Carolina. The Confederates won and it created a big hole in the Union blockade.
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The Union stopped the Confederacy form invading Maryland. It was the bloodies day in American History.
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This was the major turning point in the war. The Union stopped the Confederate second invasion in the North.
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This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. Controlling the river split the South into two.
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General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to the Union.
