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Missouri Compromise
The northern and the southern Politics have gotten heated over slavery. Henry Clay known has the great compromise settels the debate. At the end of all the fighting they made a line where everyone above the line would be free state and all the states below would be slave states. -
The Nullification Crisis
Southern state like South Carolina want to make tariffs lower, because they thought it was way too high. So vice President John C. Calhoun said that any state could make their voice heard. They threatened to secede. -
Compromise of 1850
California would be a free state while the territories we got by mexico would be slave states. -
Fugitive slave act of 1850
in the Fugitive slave act the government made people in the north send back all black people even if they were free. And if they did not they would go to jail -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred sued for his freedom, because He ran away from his slave owner and went to the north. he got captured and told them he was going to sue them because he was in the south. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown insprised slaves to fight with him for the slaves freedom and to make the county right. He armed slaves in Varginia. Brown and the slaves got captured. -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the election and wants to abolish slavery in the south. the people in the south hated him. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
the people were to deside what would happen. thery got to pick between slave and free. so alot of people from the south rushed over right when they heard the news. Kansas was admitted slave state.
