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a deal to keep peace between free and slave states. It let California be free and added the Fugitive Slave Act, which said escaped slaves had to be returned. -
Bleeding Kansas was when pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups fought in Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It showed how divided the country was over slavery. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act let people in those territories vote on whether to allow slavery. This caused fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups -
Preston Brooks vs. Charles Sumner was when Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane in Congress after Sumner insulted slave owners. It showed how angry people were over slavery. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a Supreme Court case where the Court said enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights to sue. It made tensions over slavery even worse. -
The Lincoln Douglas Debates were talks between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas about slavery. They showed how divided the country was before the Civil War. -
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry was when John Brown tried to start a slave rebellion by taking over a weapons base. It failed, and he was caught and executed. -
The election of Lincoln in 1860 made many Southerners angry because he was against slavery spreading. His win led to Southern states leaving the Union.