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The northern and southern politicians have heated debates over the growth of slavery. Henry clay known as the great compromiser.
The Missouri compromise were a series of laws that helped maintain the balance between Slave states and free states -
Southern states felt that the tariffs were unfair and only supported the north. Vice president John C. Calhoun said any state could nullify a federal law it considers unconstitutional. The federal government denied South Carolinas argument with Carolina threatened to secede.
Henry clay came up with a compromise and lowered the tariff. -
The fugitive slave act was passed in 1850 by the congress. The act permitted the capture of African Americans who he fled from the north to escape bondage.
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5000 people from nearby proslavery missiori came and voted for proslavery representatives in Kansas illlegally. Anti slavery opponents started their own government.
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A slave who sued for his freedom he argues that because he lived In a. Free territory that he should have been emancipated.
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Congress had many heated debates. The new territories won from Mexico would be admitted as slave states or free states. Henry clay helped make a compromise. Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories.
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John brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom to capture the arsenal. Virginia to arm the slaves
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Abraham Lincoln wins the election.
Southern states begin to secede from the Union shortly after Lincoln is elected
