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America was ceded western territories.To deal with this, Congress passed the Compromise of 1850, which basically made California free and allowed the people in Utah and New Mexico to choose for themselves.
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a passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 this caused many North American 19th century Black activists to increase their efforts against enslavement.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin helped further the cause of Black activism and even Abraham Lincoln recognized that this book's publication was one of the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War
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was passed, allowing the Kansas and Nebraska territories to widely reported violent events were a small taste of the violence to come with the Civil War.
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Abolitionist John Brown attempts to start a slave rebellion by taking over the Harpers Ferry arsenal. The uprising is quickly put down and John Brown is hanged for treason. Many people in the North, however, consider him a hero.
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Abraham Lincoln was from the northern part of the country and wanted to put an end to slavery. The southern states didn't want him president or making laws that would affect them.
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South Carolina became the first state to secede, or leave, the United States. They decided to make their own country rather than be part of the USA. Within a few months several other states including Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana would also leave the Union.
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The southern states form their own country called the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis is their president.
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Abraham Lincoln becomes President (March 4, 1861) - Now that President Lincoln is in office, he wants to restore the Union. In other words, get all the states back into the same country.
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The South attacks Fort Sumter South Carolina and starts the war.
