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Proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War.
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A compromise between the North and South about slavery
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anti slavery novel
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To decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders
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John Brown tried to do something about slavery
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A decision made because a black man wanted his freedom and made slavery expand.
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They debated and it helped Lincoln become president
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Effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories.
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South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States.
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Unrecognized country in North America.
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South Carolina and other southern states withdrew from the Union.
