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There was a great debate over where slavery would be allowed and where it would not.
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This was a plan presented by David Wilmot,to stop the spread of slavery into the territories won from Mexico.
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This was the FIRST party formed that was a “sectional party” and they picked Martin Van Buren as their first candidate for President.
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California enters as Free State. Area from Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico. Slavery issue to be decided by POPULAR SOVEREIGNTRY. ENDED slave trade in Washington D.C. Made a STRICT Fugitive Slave Law. Settled border problems between New Mexico and Texas
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It was a law that required citizens to catch runaway slaves.
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It was written to show the evils of slavery by telling the story of an older slave who was whipped to death by his owner.
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Divides lands into Kansas and Nebraska territories
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Because of the violence going on in Kansas, John Brown and four of his sons, decide to take law into their own hands
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Scott had abolitionist attorneys file a law suit for him
