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This bill aimed to outlaw slavery in territories taken from Mexico. The bill passed i the House of Representitives but was defeated in the senate, thus causing a division in Congress.
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A compromise created to please both the North and the South, which made California a free state, abolished slave trade in Washington, and passed a law that made it easier to recapture runaway slaves.
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A bill that split the Nebraska territory into Nebraska and Kansas, destroying the Missouri Compromise.
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Five thousand Missourians voted illegally for the territorial legislature. Due to this, civil war broke out in Kansas.
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Sumner had a speech berating proslavery forces. Preston Brooks later attacked him with his cane, as revenge.
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Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. He was taken by his master to free territory, After his master died, Scott sued for his freedom. This case reached the supreme court.
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John Brown and his army of eleven captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Brown attempted to arm slaves, but no one joined him. Brown was captured and hung.
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Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell are all candidates in the election. Lincoln and Douglas were stringly against slavery. Lincoln won the election by a landslide.