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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written about anti-slavery. This book encouraged others to speak up and give their opinions. This book later got banned because of the effect this had on the people.
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This made it harder for slaves to escape and be free. By law, slaves had to return to their owners if they got caught trying to escape.
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The Kansas-Nabraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created new territories, and allowed more supreme power.
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The election of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He shaped the future of America by ending slavery.
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The battle of Fort Sumter was a bombardment of Fort Sumter by a congressman of Virginia. It ended with the surrender of America, which started the Civil War.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/battle-fort-sumter/