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The Missouri Compromise
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The Compromise was a settlement of a dispute between slave and free states during 1820. Northerners argued that Congress had the power to prohibit slavery in a new state. Southerners claimed that new states had the choice to choose slavery if they wished. Therefore, Congress created the Missouri Compromise. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
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In August of 1831, Nat Turner, a slave, caused an uprising in southern Virginia and killed around 60 white people. He believed that God had chosen him to lead Blacks to freedom. However, they were suppressed after 2 days. Many were executed as they tried to escape. Small-scale slave uprisings were common in the American South, but Nat Turner’s rebellion was the bloodiest. -
Bleeding Kansas
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Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. The violence eventually subsided in 1859, however, it led to the establishment of the Republican Party. -
John Brown’s Raid
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After Bleeding Kansas, Brown returned to the North and plotted a far more threatening act. He played a major role in starting the Civil War by supporting violent action against the South to end slavery. Brown and his supporters led a raid in Virginia to capture the arms located there and begun an armed insurrection. The battle caused many casualties and people' lives. Brown was hanged on October 27. -
Abraham Lincoln’s Election
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Lincoln's election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. However, Lincoln refused to accept any resolution that would result in Southern secession from the Union. As a Republican, his party’s anti-slavery outlook struck fear into many Southerners. On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after the polls closed, South Carolina withdrew from the Union. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and surrender by the United States Army. This event led to the American civil war. On April 12, 1861, Confederate warships turned back the supply convoy to Fort Sumter and created a 34-hour bombardment. The garrison surrendered on April 14.
