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Arbraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. He then moved to illinois. He served on the state legislature for eight years and spent one yean in congress before deciding to run for senate as a republican.
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Stephen Douglas was a well known senetor. He become famous because of his work on the compromise of 1850. He also worked on the Kansa Nebraska act.
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Maine becomes a frees state and Missouri becomes a slave state.Split Louisiana Purchase along 36 30 with the north being free and the south being slave.This caused more of a division in the country. Which helped lead to the civil war.
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There where 15 slave states and 15 free states. In 1850 California requested admission to join the union. Again in 1820with the Missouri compromise, The debate on weather California should be a free state or a slave start.
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Sephen Douglas gained fame during the compromise of 1850. Sephen Douglas was a senetor from illinois. He was a democrat and Douglas was resposible for the Kansas Nebraska act. The Kansas Nebraska act divided two territories ans those territories where kansas and Nebraska. Slavery in these two terrtories was decieded my Popular Soverty.
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The missouri compromise line diveded the nothern free states and the southern free state.The line that diveds the northern states and southern sates is the 3630. Missouri became a slave state even though it was above the 36 60 line but southerners didnt want another free state.
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The Lincoln- Douglas debate was held in Ottawa. ABout 12,000 poeple were present. Douglas dicussed the compromise of 1850. Douglas also talked about the national chacter of the old whig and Democratic parties.
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For the second debate there was about 20,000 people present. LIncoln answered questions about congress navins power. Douglas discussed population. Lincoln wont this debate.
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There where abour 15,000 to 20,000 poeple present. Douglas discussedthe Trumbull made a bargain to abolitionists the stat.He also discussed if Dred Scoot was a citizen or not. LIncoln discussed the right for a state to determine its local institution. he LIncoln won this debate.
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About 15,000 where present. Douglas discussed slavery, the Kansas Nebraska act and acussed Lincoln of making perosnal attacks. LIncoln dicussed slave for equality and says Douglas forced slavery on Kansas. LIncoln won this debate.
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South Carolina Was the first state to secede and it did so December 20,1860. By late Febuary 1861 6 other souther states had also seceded. Those
