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The compromise of 1850 allowed the United sates to expand their land by accepting California as a state and the fugitive slave act required that slaves be returned to their owners. Here you can see this the disagreement is where it really starts leading to the civil war
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Was a violent warfare between pro slavery and anti slavery following the creation of new territory of Kansas in 1854
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Stephen Douglas proposed a bill to organize Nebraska where it would cause arguments that slavery would be extended to this territory. This leads to the civil war cause of how much fights their are about whether a state should be a slave state or not .
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Dred Scott v. Sandford was a long fight for Dred Scott who wanted freedom he was born a slave and moved around with his owner Peter blow who passed away and army surgeon Emerson purchased him then Emerson passed away Scott and his wife had lawsuits for freedom as they were in a free slave state the court ruled against them but Scott tried again and had won his freedom this gave momentum for anti slavery
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As tension would rise over slavery during this time Preston Brooks was pro slavery and had attacked Charles Sumner with a cane Brooks was a hero to the south but he was vilified in the north . Leading to the civil war hostility was growing
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Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln has very serious debates. The debates really focused on slavery and they both has public debates together discussing th topic of slavery
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John Brown was anti slavery and had lead a small group on a raids to destroy the institution of slavery. John was executed December 2nd 1859 the raids helped make any further accommodations between the north and south
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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president. Lincoln was anti slavery and fought hard against it. This lead to the civil as Lincoln wanted the slaves to be free which created conflict between the north and south