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Pre-Civil War
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Document G
- John Brown being brought up to be hanged
- Southern extremeness on issue of slavery. They did not want anybody to threaten their beloved institution.
- John Brown raiding Harper's Fairy to get wapons for a slave rebellion
- He became a martyr in the north.
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Document F
- Lincoln won by a landslide in the north
- The north backed Lincoln. The north had more power over the south.
- Licoln was elected because he was not too extreme with his position on slavery.
- The south was very angry. This was a major event that led to seccession.
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Document E
- Newspaper article/flyer from Cahrleston, South Carolina
- South Carolina, and the South were very upset with the government, and they didn't mind doing drastic things.
- Lincoln being elected in 1860.
- The rest of the South seceded and eventually the Civil War broke out between the Union and the Confederacy.
