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A attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South
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It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders
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Fellow-Citizens: I appear before you this day to take the solemn oath “that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.’
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Ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory where slavery was prohibited was not thereby entitled to his freedom.
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A group of people attacked Harper's ferry
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On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States.
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Although Lincoln's election was fair, it pushed the Deep South toward secession. South Carolina responded to Lincoln's election first, seceding from the Union.
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When Confederate artillery, under the command of General Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard, opened fire on Fort Sumter.
