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Congress admitted missouri as a slave state to keep the southterners happy. Maine was also admitted but as a free state to keep the north happy. Also the ohio river boundary was forgotten while a new line was drawn across the Louisiana Territory.
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" Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist." Wilmot Proviso.
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When California applied for statehood as a free state, the north was ready to accept them. The south was worried that the representatives in congress would not be equal in slave state reps and free state reps.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book by harriet stowe. It talks about the lives of slaves and how they are abused and hunted
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This law says that any runaway slave found was to be returned to their owner. Any one who helped these slaves could be jailed.
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This document was a message sent to the secretary of state by 3 american diplomats who were meeting in Belgium. It said to attack Cuba if Spain refused to give Cuba to the U.S
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After Charles wrote a harsh speech about how awful the south was for the raid on kansas. Preston Brooks attacked him with a cane in the senate and beat him until the cane broke. It took Sumner 3 years to recover
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This raid was the brutal killing that pro-slavery men killed anti-slavery people
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John Brown made a plan to attack the federal arsenal. He planned to arm slaves and lead a slave revolt. But, he and all of his followers were killed or imprisoned. Brown was sentenced to death.
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Stephen Douglass proposed a bill to congress because he wanted to build a railroad to california. This bill created 2 new territories, kansas and nebraska. In these territories, the decision of owning slaves would be up to the settelers.
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Dred Scott tried to sue for his freedom because he had crossed the slavery line. Congress decided that since he was an african american, he had no rights
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Lincoln chalenged Douglass to debate the issue of slavery. To Lincoln, slavery was a moral issue. And Douglas thought that the country would be fine if it were half slave and half anti-slave
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John Brown attemped to start a slave revolt by arming slaves with weapons from the federal arsenal. Him and all his followers were captured or killed.
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In a meeting in Charleston, SC , the delegates decided to leave the union.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected to be president of a devided union. the issue dividing it was slavery.
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People from SC fired at this fort. The battle went on for 33 hours before the fort's defenders surrendered
