Causes of the Civil War

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This law created the Mason Dixon line.

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Missouri Compromise

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This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This law meant the South would get less land and less votes in Congress.

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Missouri Compromise

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Uncle Tom's Cabin was written shortly after this law was passed: Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Case

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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This law allowed slavery to expand in the West through popular sovereignty.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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One Congressional leader beat up another Congressional leader until his cane broke.  Violence spread among the most "civilized" Americans (AKA: Congress).

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Sumner and Brooks

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The Republican political party was formed after this incident: Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Act, Sumner and Brooks, Dred Scott Case

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Sumner and Brooks

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This said all blacks were NOT US citizens

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Dred Scott Case

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This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

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Kansas Nebraska Act