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The US Constitutions stopped the international slave trade after 1808 and marking a change in the legality on slavery's expansion. (political/social
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This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance in Congress and setting a line(36 30' parallel) to determine slavery's status in new territories. (Political/Economic
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A proposed amendment to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico, reflecting growing sectional tensions over Westward Expansion.(Political/Social)
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Part of the Compromise of 1850, this law required the return of escaped slaves and increased federal enforcement, affecting western territories.(political/social)
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A series of bills that admitted California as a free state, resolved border disputes, and included the Fugitive Slave Act, addressing Slavery's role in newly acquired land.(Political/Economic/Social)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel galvanized anti-slavery sentiment, influencing public opinion as the US expanded Westward. (Social/Political)
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This Act allowed territories to decide on slavery via popular sovereignty, leading to conflict as settlers moved west. (Political/Economic/Social)
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Violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, as the territory expanded Westward. (Social/Political).
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Senator Sumner was attacked for his anti-slavery speech, symbolizing the growing sectional violence tied to Westward Expansion. (Social/Political).