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They wanted to ban slavery in the Mexican Cession territory out west, excluding Texas. It scared the slave owner's.
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Admission of California as a free state It was to keep the balance between slave and free states
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It helped slave holders recapture runaway slaves. They managed to keep both sides satisfied & prevented a permanent split before the civil war.
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Story calling for an end to slavery. It changed peoples mind about slavery.
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People in the territories could decide if they wanted to have slaves or be slave free. A lot of people are going to move to move into te territory
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Pro Slavery and abolitionist faught each other with guns and swords. A small scale civil war
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He sued for his freedom African Americans were not citizens and could not sue
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Lincoln and douglas debated slvery. Lincoln lost the election, but became nationally famous.
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John Brown stole guns & gave them to the slaves so they could be freed. John Brown became a martyr in cause of slavery.
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The voters in 1860 voted mostly based on which section of the country they lived in Union promised to keep slavery from spreading into new territories
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The south shoots the north's fort. First shots of te war.
