Missouri Compromise - Maine comes in as free state, Missouri comes in as a slave state, no slavery N of the 36,30 latitude line, Compromise of 1850 - California free state, Pass Fugitive Slave Act, Dred Scott Case - A slave sues for his freedom as he spent time in a free state, Georgia Platform - Accept compromise of 1850, no one secedes, North enforces Fugitive slave act and stops trampling states rights., States rights - Favored by the south, Federal law is less important than state law, Election of 1860 - Abraham Lincoln wins the election, the south secedes,

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