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Events Leading to the Civil War
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Compromise of 1850 Admits California as a free state
Abolishes slave trade in Washington, D.C. Popular sovereignty in western territories Fugitive slave law
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Popular Sovereignty in the West
Let the people decide if they want slavery or not in the western territories Started by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois
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Sectionalism and States Rights
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Focuses on slave life in Kentucky and Louisiana Uncle Tom is a good and complacent soul Simon Legree is the evil slavedriver Eliza flees to freedom by crossing the icy Ohio River Lincoln called Stowe the “little lady who started the Civil War”
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Published in 1852
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Underground Railroad and Fugitive Slave Law
Fugitive slave law—federal violation for aiding runaway slaves Secret escape routes to northern free states Harriet Tubman— “Moses” Quakers
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Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Decision
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Kansas-Nebraska Act-1854 Popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska territories (let the people decide through voting for or against slavery) Led to “Bleeding Kansas” Abolitionists led by John Brown
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Abolitionist Activity
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Brooks-Sumner Incident
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John Brown and Harpers Ferry
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The Republican Party
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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Election of 1860
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Presidents Zachery Taylor--Whig Millard Fillmore--Whig Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan--Democrat Abraham Lincoln--Republican
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