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The north and the south have a discussion over the expansion of slavery. Henry clay calms down the debate.the Missouri comprimise was a series of laws that kept balance.
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Congress had many arguements over if the land received from Mexico would be slave states or free states. Henry Clay makes a Comprimise. California became a free state. Congress did not pass any laws that banned slavery from other territories.
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The fugitive slave law act was passed in 1850 by congress. It allowed African smericans who had escaped the south to be captured and returned. This increased tension
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Harriet Stowe wrote a book called uncle toms cabin that tore the nation apart. It was written to show slavery had to be abolished
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5000 people supported slavery came and voted illegally in Kansas
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Drew scot and his wife sued for freedom. Later on the whole nation got divided in the issue and it went to Supreme Court.
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John brown and his sons storm the weapons arsenal in the south and sacrifice their lives trying to supply slaves with weaponary
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Abraham Lincoln wins election and the southern states begin to secede after he is elected
