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People begin to find ways to try and reform slavery, such as sending some Africans back home. slave rebellions also started as a result of this movement -
Individualism begins to rise as both transcendentalists and Christians begin to believe in a more personal lifestyle instead of following the herd. Black people are allowed to be Christian leading blacks to question their unchangable slave status. -
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this sparks an uproar that marks the beginning of the feminist movement in America. -
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Stephen Douglas temporarily brokers a compromise that appeases both sides of the slavery conflict and preserves the union temporarily.Unfortunately, This was not to last as the fugitive slave act portion of the compromise soon came into hot debate. -
Maine enacts the first statewide ban on alcohol.
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sparks even more debate against slavery by showing the immorality of ripping families apart through the slave trade. -
Oops. As well as other things this probably led to him losing the 1852 election. -
People Flood the state to attempt to sway the vote on slavery and end up fighting each other in multiple bloody conflicts.
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Supreme Court ruled all black people could not be citizens, therefore invalidating the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty.
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