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American History
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California applies for statehood as a free state Equal balance between slave states and free states is threatened Southern slave state representatives fight to keep California out of the United States
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California admitted as a free state In territories won from Mexico, voters will decide slavery issue for themselves Sale of enslaved people outlawed in Washington D.C. Fugitive Slave Act required all citizens to help return escaped slaves
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Compromise only temporary; issue of slavery in territories not really resolved Neither southerners nor northerners were satisfied with the results Compromise of 1850 fails
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1854-1855 – Proslavery and antislavery settlers move to Kansas 1856 – Battle over slavery in Kansas leads to open violence; territory becomes known as “bleeding Kansas”. 1856 – Buchanan becomes President, promises to keep government out of slavery issue
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Dred Scott is a runaway slave who is kept hidden by abolitionist. The owners of Dred Scott sue for his return. The case goes to the Supreme Court Supreme Court rules that enslaved people are property, and must be returned to rightful owner
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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debate issue of slavery and its spread. Lincoln becomes known as someone who does not want slavery spread. 1859 – John Brown raids Harpers Ferry, deepening the distrust between North and South.
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PORTRAIT OF JOHN BROWNPAINTED IMAGE OF JOHN BROWN
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In 1860, Lincoln is elected President. His stance on not expanding slavery causes the South to secede from the Union. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia form the Confederate States of America.
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