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These resolutions were made in order to give them the right to void federal laws. This was neccesary because many republicans including James Madison and Thomas Jeffereson thought that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
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During the War of 1812 in December, Delegates were sent to Hartford to clarify ideas about leaving the nation. Instead, these Delegates discussed waysof increasing power in New England.
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During this time in America, there was an equal amount of Northern and Southern states. A problem arised when Missouri came into America and wanted to become a slave state. In order to keep the nation balanced, Massachusettes created a border and the state of Maine.
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The Tariff of Abominations was a group of Acts created to tax imports to America and to benefit the North rather than the South. These acts were said to be harsher on the South than the North. These Acts helped the Nation refrain from only buying cheap imported goods.
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After the Tariff of Abominations was passed, John C. Calhoun reasoned that South Carolina would have to Nullify the acts in order to avoid disturbing the Union. Eventually, the Tariff was no more in South Carolina.
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Slavery existed in many British Colonies until this act was passed. It was passed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords and given Royal Asset by King William IV. This act abolished the slavery that existed in the British Colonies.
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Texas was once owned by Mexico, but gained its independence by having a Convention and drafting a quick constitution and joining the U.S.
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James Polk was elected President in 1844, beating out his opponent Henry Clay. Polk strongly supported Westward expansion, which is a strong reason he was voted into office.
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Tensions were rising before this war as the U.S. claimed the Rio Grande river was the border of Mexico and America, and Mexico thought otherwise. Mexico claimed that the Nueces river was the real border. Because of these disputes, war broke out between the two nations.
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California began its attempt to become a state once is was known that plenty of gold existed there. It was a sticky situation when California entered the Union because it was thought that it would disrupt the balance between Slave and non-Slave states.
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The Wilmot Proviso was created by David Wilmot, who proposed that slavery should not extend into Mexico. Although it was tried many times, it was never made into a law.
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The Fugitive Slave law stated that all escaped slaves must be returned to their Masters. This idea was created by Henery Clay during the Compromise of 1850.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stove. This book was particularly significant because the stories of runaway slaves shared in it drew much attention to slavery and changed many people's veiws.
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This act created by Stephen Douglas divided the land west of Missouri into Kansas and Nebraska. For these two new states, Douglas's famous idea of popular sovereignty was used. This disturbed the balance of slave and non-slave states in the U.S.
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The Rebulican Party was formed in order to abolish slavery. This new party began to repeal laws put inm order such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Law.
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The two sides, Anti-slavery and Pro-Slavery clashed as Border ruffians stormed into Kansas in the hope of pushing their veiws onto the state. Each side's goal was to adapt the state to their opinion of slavery, but this ended in the two sides attacking.
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Charles Sumner, a republican man, was attacked after bad-mouthing the south about their nasty ways of slavery. This man was brutally injured only for supporting his veiws on slavery.
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This event was part of "Bleeding Kansas". It has also been known as the Potawatomie Massacre. During this event, John Brown and other abolishionists murdered 5 pro-slavery activists.
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Dred Scott was a slave who sued his own master for his freedom. After much deliberation of this case, Dred Scott was not given freedom, even though he should have been living as a free man.
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This pro-slavery document was created after James Buchanan was elected. This constitution said that Kansas would becme a Slave State, but later Kansas was admitted as a free state.
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Lincoln and Douglas were men that had very different opinions that clashed frequently. Lincoln beleived in an anti slavery america and that Dred Scott deserved Freedom. Douglas beleived that abolishing slavery would cause too much chaos and was against Dred Scott attaining freedom.
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John Brownb commenced this raid by gathering a group of supporters and seizing the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Some of his men were captured and killed, and Brown himself received the death penalty.
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This Union was created in Baltimore to criticize the acts of the government that they disagreed with. They deliberated these ideas in the center of the nation, after the split of the north and south.
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The Democratic Party split during the election of 1860. The party split due to the question of supporting the North or the South. When Lincoln won this election, it truely split the party from Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery.
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In this election, Lincoln and Bell were the prime competitors. In the end, Lincoln won without having a single electoral vote in the south. This showed that Lincoln was a true anti-slavery President fit for leading the country out of havoc.
