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Cause: Missouri applied to statehood to be a slave state.
Effect: Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state.
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Cause: Nat Turner upset about slavery and incited an uprising killing about sixty white people.
Effect: Virginia lawmakers took away very few rights that slave and free blacks had.
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Cause: Harriet Beecher Stowe wanted to display the horror's of slavery to those who have been unaware or unmoved by it, so she wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Effect: The book created an uproar and encourage people to become more aware about slavery.
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Cause: Kansas and Nebraska are established as territories, which adopts popular sovereignty.
Effect: Popular sovereignty allows residents of the territories to determine if their state will be free or enslaved.
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Cause: A slave named Dred Scott tried to sue for freedom in court.
Effects: The Supreme Court found that Dred Scott had no legal rights as he was considered a piece of property.
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Cause: Abraham was elected president by the people by a large margin.
Effect: Southerners were not necessarily happy due to his anti-slavery movements.
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