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Main article: Bleeding Kansas Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln March 4 1861 beneath the unfinished dome of the Capitol The Impending Crisis of the South; 16.2 State and local studies The British did not give up their forts until 1796 in the eastern Midwest stretching from Ohio to Wisconsin; they kept alive the dream of forming a satellite Indian nation there which they called a Neutral Indian Zone That goal was one of the causes of the War of 1812. 1790 to 1860 Lincoln in 1858 the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slavery, Members of Congress make fact-finding missions to learn about other countries and stay informed but these outings can cause controversy if the trip is deemed excessive or unconnected with the task of governing for example the Wall Street Journal reported in 2009 that lawmaker trips abroad at taxpayer expense had included spas $300-per-night extra unused rooms and shopping excursions. Lawmakers respond that "traveling with spouses compensates for being away from them a lot in Washington" and justify the trips as a way to meet officials in other nations.

The harsh conditions on the frontier increased slave resistance and led owners and overseers to rely on violence for control Many of the slaves were new to cotton fields and unaccustomed to the "sunrise-to-sunset gang labor" required by their new life Slaves were driven much harder than when they had been in growing tobacco or wheat back east Slaves had less time and opportunity to improve the quality of their lives by raising their own livestock or tending vegetable gardens for either their own consumption or trade as they could in the east. Further information: New York and New Jersey campaign Staten Island Peace Conference Saratoga campaign and Philadelphia campaign This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). .