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This bill aimed to outlaw slavery in territories taken from Mexico. The bill passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate thus causing a division in congress. Although, not a success it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party.
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This election was and election that the Democratic Party gained one seat in the united states sentate.
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This was a series of Congressional laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states. Douglas succeeded and this plan is now known as the compromise of 1850.
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This law was made in 1854 and it established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residence the right to decide wheather to go with slavery or not.
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Proslavery and Antislavery settlers rushed into the kansas territory to vote for the territorial legislature.
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One of the most vioent historical events. Representative Preston Brooks attacked senator Charles Sumner. They beat eachother and Sumner almost died.
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This reached the supreme court in 1856. In 1857, the court ruled against Scott.
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John Brown, the man who murdered proslavery people had a plan. He wanted to make sure slaves fought for freedom, by doing so he planned to take all the US.