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Causes Of The Civil War

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CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

BY THOMAS SCOTT

The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, it ended up causing a series of events that would lead to the civil war

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The Underground Railroad helped escaped slaves free to the North

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The Compromise of 1850 added California as a free state, banned slavery in Washington D.C. and enacted a new Fugitive Slave law

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The book Uncle Tom's Cabin divided the North and South even more

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The Kansa-Nebraska act started an even called Bleeding Kansas that turned the state into a battleground

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The Dred Scott case ruled that blacks weren't citizens, living in a free state wouldn't make someone free, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were the first time that candidates openly discussed slavery in 16 years

John Brown and his men attempted to capture the Arsenal at Harpers Ferry to supply a slave rebellion with weapons

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The Confederate States seceded almost immediately after Lincoln was elected

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