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Made Missouri a slave state
Made Maine a free state
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South Carolina canceled a tariff. -
Prohibited the extension of slavery into the new territories.
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Made California a free state
Banned the slave trade in Washington D.C.
Passed new law called fugitive slave law
New Mexico and Utah will be decided by popular sovereignty -
It made the Northerns assist in capturing runaway slaves and brought them back to their owners.
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Kansas and Nebraska will be decided by popular sovereignty.
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The beating nearly killed Sumner and contributed to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery.
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Claimed that African Americans weren't citizens.
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Propelled Lincoln's political career into the national spotlight, while stifling Douglas' career.
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It was an attempt to destroy slavery by starting a revolt of enslaved people.
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His election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the civil war.