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Maintains the balance of free and slave states in the Union
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Formed to oppose the extension of slavery in the west
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One new law that requires all Americans to help recapture slaves
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A novel written to show the evils of slavery, and the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Acts
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Allows new territories to decide wether or not to permit slavery
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Political party whith the goal to keep slavery out of the western territories
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When antislavery settlers fought proslavery settlers in a Gorrila Warfare
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A Supreme Court case when Dred Scott sued for his freedom, and lost; which brought the question of the federal power over slavery in the territories
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John Brown planned to raid a federal arsonal to get an uprising of slaves and lead them in a revolt but then failed
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There was a debate on who was going to be president between the Noth and the South, and the North won with Lincoln