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It was a series of laws in order to defuse the tensions between the north and the south, how it kicked the can down the road and showed that these two ideas are not compatible. -
It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote if it was pro slavery or anti slavery causing a lot of chaos -
It was a period where in Kansas after the Kansas Nebraska act where pro and anti slavery people moved into Kansas to sway the vote their way causing much violence.
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A Supreme Court case where a man named Dred Scott was denied freedom and declared African Americans as non citizens. -
Where Abraham Lincoln and Stephane Douglas debated on who would be the next president causing a greater split in America. -
A man by the name John brown tried to make a slave rebellion and failed causing the death of John brown. This increased tensions in the country because the republicans tried to get rid of slaves through a revolt. -
The election that added an anti slavery candidate into the presidency was the final straw needed for slave states to leave the union out of fear of losing their slaves.