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Franklin Pierce
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a strong supporter of the Compromise of 1850 who persuaded people on both sides of the slavery issue that he shared their views
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Winfield Scott
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another Mexican war hero that the Whigs turned to
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Fugitive Slave Act
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made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves and allowed the escaped slaves anywhere
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed voters to choose whether to allow slavery
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John Brown
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led a group that attacked a pro-slavery settlement along the Pottawatomie Creek
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Pottawatomie Massacre
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group led by John Brown who murdered 5 pro-slavery Kansans
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Republican Party
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formed in 1854 by anti-slavery Whigs and "Democrats
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James Buchanan
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nominated for president from Pennsylvania
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Lecompton Constitution
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gave voters the right to decide whether more slacces could enter the territory but not whether slavery should exist there
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