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John Brown
He was a radical abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry where 16 people died. He was put to death for his actions because he raided a federal building. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book is about a dignified slave who killed. He is whipped to death. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to be a slave state or not. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Which made anything Northern state of the latitude of 36'30 a free state. -
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bloody Kansas
Kansans was in a violent guerrilla war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in an event called Bleeding Kansas which shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War. -
Election of 1856
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Dred Scott
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Lincoln Douglas Debate
This propelled Lincoln's political career into the spotlight. While ruining Douglas'. This was a series of seven debates. A lot of it was about the slavery expansion -
Harpers Fery
There was a military arsenal on the ferry that was raided by John Brown. The Ferry is located in West Virginia. Sixten people died in the raid -
Secession
South Carolina succeeded from the Union. They said the non-slave states were getting more and more hostile so they declared independence and left the union. -
Election 1860
Lincoln won the election. He was a Republican.