Describe two significant events that increased sectional tensions during the 1840s and 1850s

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9 June, 18:19

Describe two significant events that increased sectional tensions during the 1840s and 1850s

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Elise · Answer 1

Some examples of this were the Fugitive Slave Act, Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner, and the Dred Scott decision (the part of it which said that African Americans could never be citizens). None of these events tangibly hurt the North or the South.