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agreement by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
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To keep slavery out of westren states.
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California joined the union as a free state and a strict fugitive slave law was passed
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Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe wriiten to show the evils of slavery and the injustice of fugitive slave act.
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giving the settlers the right of popular sovereignity to decide on the issue of slavery.
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a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri
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Party to keep slavery out of the westren territories.
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A slave, sue for his freedom and lost. The case brought into question the federal power over salvery in territories.
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John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South. He would seize the arms and ammunition in the federal arsenal, arm slaves in the area and move south along the Appalachian Mountains, attracting slaves to his cause.
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Election for the new president of untied states.