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Was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state.
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Abolitionist movement to end slavery
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Religious revival during early 19th century
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Unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico
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Helped to solve disputes over slavery, it ended slave trade in Washington, and made it easier for slaveowners to recover runaway slaves.
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How a lot of enslaved Africans got their freedom, it is a network of secret passageways to northern states, or Canada
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This act required slaves to be returned to their owners
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Anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Created 2 new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty, led up to Bleeding Kansas
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Violent civil confrontations in the Kansas territory, a war.
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Political doctrine for people of federal territories should decide if their territory would be a free or slave state
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Presidential election that had issues, such as, slavery, secession, and states' rights
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Civil War in the U.S. between states supporting the federal union, and states that voted to secede and form Confederate States of America, outbreak of Civil War.
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Southern states seceded from the Union, happened right before Civil war
