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This is a novel that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This story was written to show what slaves go through. Her novel was also one of the causes for the civil war.
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This Act took the Missouri Compromise out of place. The act allowed for two new territories, and whether they would be slave states or not was decision by popular sovereignty.
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The Republican Party was founded in the North States. It was put in place because of the beliefs that the Norths had.
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Bloody Kanas was a time when repeated outbreak between pro-slavery and anti-slavery over new territory Kanas.
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John Brown was an American leader. He was killed because he committed treason, and murder.
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The Brooks-Sumner incident happen in the U.S. chamber, Preston Brooks used a cane to hit a Senator.
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In the election of 1856 there were three candidates. The winner of this election was Abraham Lincoln.
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This was a speech that was given by a senator and the future president of the U.S. Lincoln. The speech addressed the issues going on in the House.
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Scott was an enslaved man, who tried to sue to be a freeman. He did not successful do this, and remained a slave.
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These were seven different debates between Lincoln and Douglas. These debates were about whether or not slaver should be extended into the new territories.
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The LeCompton Constitution protected slaveholding. This also lead to the Civil War,
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Harper's Ferry was when John Brown and 21 other men to try and end slavery.
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This election was the election before the civil war. The winner of this election was Lincoln.
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In this address Lincoln made a promise to not mess with slavery, and suspended the activities of the government.
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This is when Confederates opened fire on a fort. Which marked the beginning of the Civil War.