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Maine enters as a free state, while Missouri enters as a slave state. This was to create a balance and a compromise -
California entered the union as a free state. The Fugitive Slave Act was also established. -
Voting to be a slave or free state was left to the territory. People fled from outside the region and voted illegally. It led to violence and became known as "Bleeding Kansas". -
Dred Scott lived in a free state and believed to be free. The courts said he was not free because he was "property", not a citizen. -
John Brown and a few other abolitionists raided a factory to steal weapons for slaves. They were trying to help slaves fight for themselves. -
Lincoln won the election. This created fear in many southern states that slavery would be abolished. -
The Civil War began with the first shots at Fort Sumter and South Carolina seceded first. The war began.
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