By 1850 sectional disagreements related to slavery were straining the bonds of union between the North and SouthFugitive Slave Act required people in free state to help capture and return scaped slaves
Dred Scott Decision
Uncle Tom's Cabin widened the chasm between the North and the South, greatly strengthened Northern abolitionism, and weakened British sympathy for the Southern cause.
Harper's Ferry
This event led to the crisis over the Lecompton Constitution debate over slavery in the United States, which would later explode into the Civil War.Supporters of slavery damaged businesses and killed one person
Election Of 1860
Congress had exceeded its authority in the Missouri Compromise.Scott believed he became a free person by living in free territoryKansas-Nebraska Act and MO Compromise were unconstitutionaland they violated the 5th Amendment
The plan was to take the town's federal armory and, ultimately, ignite a nationwide uprising against slaveryBegin a slave uprising, invade the South, andend slavery
1860 was the first and only time the party ran a candidate for president. The results of the 1860 election pushed the nation into war.Southern states began to secede starting with South Carolinaon December 20th, 1860
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