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These events promoted bitter hostility between the North and South which ultimately resulted in war.
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Missouri's application for statehood to become a slave state sparked severe political tension. The issue of slavery was a major issue between the North and South. To make political leaders happy, Missouri became a slave state but Maine became a free state. Anything above the 36-30 line was considered free and anything below was considered a slave territory. This compromise brought further issues involving slavery.
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Nat Turner's rebellion was an uprising of slaves against white landowners because of the poor working conditions slaves had to endure. This insurrection of slaves brought a sense of fear against white landowners all across the South.
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An effort by David Wilmot to prohibit the practice of slavery in the west after the Mexican American War. All attempts to end slavery were unsuccessful. This caused much political tension.
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The compromise prevented further territorial expansion of slavery while strengthening the fugitive slave act, a law which compelled northerners to seize and return escaped slaves back to the South.
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Case involving the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Dred Scott was a slave in a slave state and moved up North because his master moved up North. However, Dred Scott was still viewed as property and the 36-30 no longer became effective. Dred Scott was forced to become a slave again. This caused major issued between Republicans and Democrats. The Supreme Court ruled this decision.
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This event occurred in Virginia. In response to Bleeding Kansas, John Brown caused a insurrection where he stole fire arms to give to blacks to try and defeat landowners and other whites. He was later stopped and hung for his "crime".
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The Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the citizens living in Kansas and Nebraska to chose whether they want to be a free or slave state. Both pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups fled to Kansas to try and persuade people living in Kansas to make a decision about the issue of slavery. This caused a group of anti- slavery protestors to kill pro-slavery supporters.
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The election of Abraham Lincoln proved to be a major downfall for Democrats. Lincoln's primary goal was to preserve the Union and not immediately end slavery.