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Congress declared slavery illegall in all remaining territories that had been purchased in 1803
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Piece of the Louisana Purchase applied for statehood
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Divided Nebraska into two territories, a Nebraska to the North and a Kansas to the South
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Led to a second great compromise over slavery, obtained mexican land
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Rights and wrongs of slavery tried to defuse these crises with legislative deals that offered something to both sides
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Neither congress nor territorial governments had the constitutional power to outlaw slavery in any federal territory
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Raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virgina
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Northerns voters lost confidence in legislative compromises over slavery. Presdential candidate Lincoln, pledged to outlaw slavery throughtout the territories
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Sent volunteers to put down this armed rebllion against the government