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Mexican American War
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Wilmot Proviso
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Toms Cabin
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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Bleeding Kansas
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The Caning of Sumner
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Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln Douglas Debates
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Election of 1860
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Secession of the South
When the South seceded from the Government it caused a lot of tension between the North and South ultimately being a huge cause of the Civil War. The South started seceding after Lincoln was elected and South Carolina was the first state to secede.