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-Used to end a dispute
- A stricter slave act was enforced -
An acted created to make it illegal to assist fugitive slaves. They could be put in prison for up to 10 years if disobeyed. -
a book published that made people become abolitionists. 300,000 copied were made in the first 2 years. -
They take a vote to decide if Kansas should be a slave state or not. The people of the state end up turning on each other and then creates bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott had no right to stand up to the court because he was ruled "not a citizen", because of this they declared that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional. -
Brown and his group went to attack harpers ferry. The attack fails. The south sees what people will do to end slavery. -
Lincoln gets elected by a 40% vote because of the 3 other candidates. None of the Southern states voted for Lincoln that is why they were so mad that he got elected. -
The southern states attacked the troops from the north that were bringing supplies. The war began after this attack.