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The government tried to prohibit slavery in the land from the Mexican cession.The southern states were'nt happy.The U.S. thought a compromise was neded.They asked Henry Clay,Daniel Webster,and John C.Calhoun to work on it.Henry Clay was asked to write the compromise.
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This act allowed slaves to be taken back home to their owners.The south was pleased but the north was mad.
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This compromise allowed states to vote on slavery.California was admited as a free state.It came with a strong fugitive slave act to help campture run away slaves.It did not keep the union together and angered the North.
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This was a book that talked about the evils of slavery.The Northe thought slavery was bad.The south began to make Yankee Abolitionist propaganda.
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This act let the Kansas and Nebraska territories vote whether they wanted to be slave of free.Proslave and Anitslave people moved in these states to make them slave or free.
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This was a small civil war."Bleeding Summer"and "Bleeding Kansas" became the rally cries for a new political party.
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Dred Scott decided to sue for his freedom in the north.The Judges Ruled:Slave were not citizens,therfore they could not sue.This made the Missouri Comprmise unconstitutional.The south was extremly happy, but the north was unhappy, so the started joining the Republican party.
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Lincoln and Doulas were runnimg for Senator of Illinois.Lincoln believed slavery was wrong but it was protected by the contitution.Even though he lost the election,he became famous.
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John Brown and supporters attacked the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry.Four people died.The goal was to create a revolt in Virgina to end slavery,however it didnt work.Brown became a hero in the cause of slavery.
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Lincoln won.He became the 16th president of the United States.The south was unhappy so they suseded.
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Lincoln informed President Davis he was sending supples to the fort.The south attacked on April 2,1861.The Union had few suppies so they surnderd.
