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Kansas Nebraska Act is Passed
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Both those who supported slavery and those who were against it moved to Kansas.
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Violence and aggresion occur in Kansas creating the event, "Bleeding Kansas."
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President Buchanan was elected and hopes to settle the slavery debates.
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Slaves are considered property as a result of the Dred Scott Decision.
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Lincoln and Douglass discuss slavery and its jurisdiction.
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John Brown raids Harpers Ferry Arsenal and is tried with murder and treason. The North and the South are in more disagreement with each other.