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Henry Clay who was known as the great compromiser settles the debate saying that the Maine would be admitted as a free state and that Arkansas would be open to slavery. North and south states were getting at each others faces with the growth of slavery.
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Southern states felt that tariffs were unfair and only supported the North. South Carolina threatened to secede after being denied from the state's argument.
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The fugitive slave act was passed
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Pro-slavery and anti-slavery were at eachothers throats for a while. Kansas had 5,000 people nearby proslavery Missouri and finally voted that in Kansas, proslavery was illegal. The state had a proslavery legislature.
