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Was designed to eliminate slavery with in the land acquired as a reslt of the Mexican War.
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A package of 5 seperate bills passed by the U.S. Congress which defused a 4-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican American War (not actually on the 1st)
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A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe paints a grim picture of life under slavery.
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Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery with in their borders.
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Brown went into the houses of his enemies and killed them.
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A ruling made by the Supreme Court about Dred Scott who was a slave and he was trying to get free but they said NO! (Jan. 1st is not the actual date)
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Was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln when he was accepting the Illinois Reblican Praty's nomination as that states U.S. senator.
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Was and attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt. Ended on Oct. 18 1859.
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He was the 1st Republican President and was the 16th President of the United States. (not actually the 1st of Nov.)
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Was the 1st southern state to secede from the Union.
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The group of 11 southen states that seceded from the United States. (it wasnt the 1st of the month)
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Confederate leaders decided to capture the fort while it was isolated. This started the Civil War.
