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Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin to show the perspective and the struggles that was occurring in the South.
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Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts gave a provoking speech condemning pro-slavery men. During this speech, Sumner also personally insulted Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina. Two days later, Butler's nephew, Preston Brooks, beat Sumner with a cane to unconsciousness.
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James Buchanan who's a democrat became the president
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The civil war in Kansas started when a group of pro-slavery raiders burned down part of the abolitionist's town of Lawrence
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Panic of 1857 was caused by over-speculation in the West and currency inflation due to the inrush of Californian gold. The tariff of 1857 lowered import taxes to about 20%.
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The Dred Scott resolution, the conclusion they reached that people of the African descent have no right to contain citizenship of the United States.
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In Illinois senatorial election, the Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln to run again Stephen Douglas
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Taking the move by Lincoln as an act of aggression, the South Carolinians fired upon Fort Sumter
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The Union and Confederate forces met. Unexpectedly, the Confederates won as "Stonewall" Jackson held his line of Confederate soldiers until reinforcements arrived. The loss for the Union dispelled the illusion of a quick end to the war.
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General George B. McClellan was given command of the Army of the Potomac.