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The Missouri Compromise was a compromise regarding slavery in unorginized territories. It stated that besides Missouri, slavery was not allowed above the 36' 30' line.
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After the Mexican American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was created. This gave the United States a large amount of land that was below the 36' 30' line. This meant more space for slaves.
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A Northen Congressman offered Wilmont's Proviso. It planned to prohibt slavery from all aquirred Mexian land from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It was never passed, but it angered the south.
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The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slave owners to hunt down their slaves that had ran away to the North and bring them back to the South. Northereners that don't turn in a run away slave could face jail time.
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This act allowed the people to vote weather or not certain state would be a slave state or a free state through popular sovereignty. This was contradictory of the Missouri Compromise's 36' 30' rule.
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Pro- slavery southerners enter kansas in an attempt to intimedate anti-slavery northerners. This leads to brutal fighting.
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The Republican party was formed in Ripon Wisconsin. They were the complete opposites of Democrats.
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The Demcrats and Republicans no longer work together.
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Congressman Preston Brooks of the south beat congressman Charles Sumner of the north with a cane after Sumner condemed slavery during a speech. This angered the north and made the south laugh.
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This case stated that slaves had no rights and were just properties. Northerners were angered and it heightend the tension.
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This was a book that illistrated the conditions slaves faced in the South. Northerners were horrified and, Southerners were angry stating that the dipiction was in accurate.
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Debates held between Lincoln and Douglas forced the issue in polotics.
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Brown lead an attempt to arm slaves and aid in a revolt. He was captured and hung in the process. Southerners now feared that the North were secretly arming slaves.
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Lincoln, an anti-slavery Republican was elected. This brought Southerners to a conclusion that the only option left was to secede from the Union.
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The Crittenden Compromise sought to restore things back to the days of the Missouri Compromise. This was rejected and now the Civil War was in sight.
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The South attacked a Union fort in their land. This was their first use of the military by their newly form country.
