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Created by Henry Clay, it said Maine would be free and Arkansas would be slave. Said that all states above the 36.30 line were free, all below were slave. With the exception of Missouri.
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South Carolina didn't like a tax. They threatened to leave the union if the tax wasn't removed.
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It was made by Henry Clay. It said that California would be free and the slave trade would be illegal in Washington D.C. It also said that congress wouldn't make anti-slavery laws in the remaining territories won from the Mexican War.
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Said that slaves that had escaped to the North could be taken back to the south. It caused tension between the North and the South.
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John Brown attacked pro-slavery people in revenge for the pro-slavery people attacking the anti-slavery people.
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Dredd Scott was a slave. He went to a free state and sued for his freedom. His argument was "I'm in a place where slavery is illegal. I'm a slave. That means I'm free!" His case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said this, he was property. Property has no rights. He did not have the right to sue someone. He is not free.
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Led by John Brown, he and some other people planned to capture the weapons arsenal at the base.
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Abraham Lincoln wins the election. He is the 16th president.
