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A proposal to ban slavery in the land that was acquired during the Mexican- American war. It was unsuccessful.
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It was five bills passed that settled arguments between slave and free states over territory.
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It was an antislavery novel that described how bad slavery was.
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A law passed that said people in Kansas and Nebraska could choose if they wanted to have slavery or not.
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John Brown led a few friends ad family members out to a creak to murder five men that were proslavery.
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A decision made in the Dred Scott case that stated that slave owners could bring their slaves into Western territory.
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Debates against Abraham Lincoln and Steven A Douglas to be the United States Senate for Illinois
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John Brown initiated a conflict that led to a fight in Virginia. He wanted to abolish slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican elected and he was in support of the abolitionists.
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South Carolina decided to succeed from the union. Although the president said it was illegal he did not try to stop it.
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The dominant slaves in the south created their own government with the president being Jefferson Davis.
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Confederate guns fired at Fort Sumter and the people there had to evacuate.
