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Made California a free state, as well as D.C. In the Mexican session, slavery will be voted on in each state, and stronger slave laws wold be passed for escapees. -
It divided the land into two areas, Kansas and Nebraska, and let the decision on slavery be decided by the people. This did away with the Missouri Compromise which banned slavery in the area. This satisfied Kanas but turned Missouri to war over slavery -
When a pro-slavery mob attacked the town of Lawrence Ks, which held the unofficial antislavery government.
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On March 1st, 1861 Lincoln became president and addressed he didn't want to mess with the South's way of life but the South took it as a threat anyway
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Events and major conflicts between the North and the South led to the civil war