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this lessened tensions for a while but would ultimately get repealed. It lessened tensions by making sure that the North and South got good deals.
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Increased tension because The South were appalled that they would even consider making all land won from the Mexican American war free.
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This event increased tension because California wanted to become a FREE state, which would upset the balance of FREE to SLAVE states.
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raised tensions because new land was brought in.
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this lowered the tension between the North and South because it helped both of the sections out. Made by Henry Clay.
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A part of the compromise of 1850. This cause greater divide between the North and South because Northern abolitionists were forced to help slave catchers which made them hate slavery even more. Other people who were on the fence about it because upset cause they just wanted it to end.
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Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe displaying the horrors of slavery. This raised tensions because more people began to take the Norths side while Southerners banned the book.
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this party forms as a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act.
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this rose tensions between the states because it would further separate the country in two.
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This raised tension because of popular sovereignty. People moved out there and killed people who did't share their same views.
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This rose tensions because the Southerners saw him as a hero while the North looked at him like a terrorist.
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led to more sectionalism because the Northerners hated the ruling and the South loved it.
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this raised tensions, because it made the North and South take a stance on whether they believed John Brown was hero or a terrorist.
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This was one of the final things that raised tensions in America. The South saw Lincoln as a threat to their way of life.
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These are example of what happens when the tension becomes too great.
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this most definitely raised the tension, considering it was the start of the Civil war.
