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When Missouri was finally admitted to be a state it had to be a slave state, and Maine was admitted at the smae time so it became a free state. This was to keep the balence for non, and slave states. They created a geographical line that separates the North and the South, the slave states (South) and the free states (North).
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Senator Stephan A. Douglas of Illinois decided that congress would vote on these 5 proposals separately and this would end the argument once and for all.
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Required to all citizens to help catch runaways, weather in the South or in the North. Anyone who has been was found aiding a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned
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Repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed settlers of these regions to vote on weather or not to allow slavery in their States.
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The formation of the rebublican party thought the government should ban slavery from the new territories and Further divide the North (Mainly Republicans) and the south (Mainly Democrats)
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He was a Slave and sued the U.S. for his freedom because he moved from a slave state to a state that was free Supreme court rejected him and it caused strong reactions from the public and dividing the country even more.
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Lincoln opposed slavery and did not want it he was also a Republican and Douglas believed it should be voted on by the public, that it was their chose if they wanted slavery in their state. Lincoln gained national reputation.
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He was and Abolitionist and led 18 other men to raid an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA to start a rebellion against slave holder, turning brown into a myatar.
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