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issued on August 8th 1846 by pennsylvania democratic congressman David Wilmot
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package of 5 seperate bills passed by the U.S. congress
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novel by American author Harriet Beecher stowe
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allowed them to decide for themselves
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The man who killed slavery sparked civil war & seeded civil rights
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a controversial ruling made by the supreme court
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a series of debates between abraham lincoln & stephen A. douglas
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Harpers ferry was an attempt by the white abolitionist john brown to start an armed slave revolt
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was elected 16th president over deeeply divided aomocratic party
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voted to repeal south carolina ratification of the U.S. constitution & thus leave the union
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group of 11 southern states that secceded from the USA
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forces around charleston harbor opened fire on union garrison
