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it was significant because it was the beginning of the U.S
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it was significant because it was what made farming in the south profitable
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it was important because it was the beginning of America moving westward.
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it was significant because it was an enslaved person rebelling.
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this was important because it showed democrats ignoring the problem of slavery which lead to bigger problems.
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this was important because whigs wanted or at least said they wanted to end slavery.
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it was significant because it was couniting the idea of abolishing slavery, which was causing problems between the north and south.
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the fugitive slave act was passed and trumped the liberty law which took away the help enslaved people were getting so they could escape.
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in spite of the fugitive act being passed the northern passed more laws.
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a year before Polk had asked for war because he wanted texas to be apart of the U.S.
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this was the treaty that ended the war with Mexico.
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free soil was an anti-slavery group and that convention lead to slavery becoming illegal in Washington.
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this was important because it made people rush to California to get gold.
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the compromise was a ton of bills being passed which kept Missouris promises alive.
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as the anti-slavery movement was becoming more widespread in an attempt to keep slavery alive they passed another fugitive slave act
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this book pushed anti-slavery in everyday conversation.
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they were introduced because of how big the Nebraska territory was and it needed to be better controlled.
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this was important because it was the bill being put in place
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know-nothings was a political party that was all about know nothing and being ignorant. it gained traction during the election.
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Abraham lincoln commits to being apart of the Fremont party which lost.
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during the 1856 election, a ton of people in Kansa committed voter fraud.
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to settle the sectional crisis in America Dred Scott made slavery national.
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during the 1858 senate race, the republican Abraham Lincoln won, which was the first anti-slavery senate.
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this was important because it would mean that anti-slavery things would be put in place.
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after Lincoln was elected was the tipping point and a year after the war began.