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Prohibited slavery in certain states -
Attempted to resolve several territorial and slavery-related disputes -
It sparked violence between pro- and anti slavery people -
A series of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas territory -
Americans were not citizens of the united state and that congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territory -
Focused on the issue of slavery and helped to raise Lincoln’s national profile -
Initiate a slave revolt in southern slave states by taking over the us -
President triggered the secession of several southern states leading to the civil war