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Nabraska was too far north to have good agruculture so that teritory was safe from the
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Bloody Kansas was a set of internal conflicts fought in Kansas. The conflicts was started because the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the people to choose through popular sovereignty if Kansas would enter the U.S. as a free or slave state. Emigrants from both the north and the south moved to Kansas in the attempt to influence the vote, but having a large influx of people with polar opposite believes led to conflict that eventually snowballed into the battle of Lawrence in May 21, 1856.
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The election of 1856 was between the democratic James Buchanan, who won with 174 electoral college votes, and John C. Fremont, who won with 114 electoral votes. The election was the most divided one the nation had at this point of time.
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The issue of the court was whether or not Dred Scott, and by extension other African Americans, had the right to freedom if they lived in free land. The court ruled (7-2) that A. Dred Scott didn’t have the same rights as white men because Blacks weren't classified as citizens and B. Congress didn’t have the power to prevent slavery from the territories, leaving it to popular sovereignty. The decision that Congress couldn't prevent slavery led to the Missouri Compromise to become unconstitutional
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a presidential campaign for the election of 1860.
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The event at Harper Ferry was an anti-slavery attack that was started by John Brown. The plan was to capture the federal arsenal and arm slaves to rebel. The plan of capturing the arsenal worked, but the nearby towns defended their slaves and
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The issue at hand for the election of 1860 was the division of the states because of the topic of slavery. Lincoln won the election (180 electoral college votes) which was about 60 more than all the other political runners combined. Interestingly, even though Lincoln won, his name didn't even show as on option in 10 states; this was one of the biggest driving force of the south seceding from the U.S. because the south felt like their vote and interests weren't being addressed.
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Originally 7 states seceded from the union : South Carolina (the first), Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. 4 more states seceded from the U.S. after Ft. Sumter: Virginia (but not all of it, which is why there's Virginia and West Virginia now), North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee.
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The purpose was to cover his plans for his presidency and his hopes for the nation moving forward. He states that he wants to protect the “more perfect union” without bloodshed. Lincoln covered the disconnect between the north and the south while also claiming that he doesn't have the right or reason to prevent slavery where it already exists; however, he would prevent the spreading of slavery.