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Missouri Compromise
It was a legislation passed by Congress in 1820 by which Maine entered the Union as a free state, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, and slavery was prohibited north of the southern boundary of Missouri. -
Nullification
Some people strongly believed in states' rights that they argued states have the power of nullification - the right to determine if a law passed by Congress is Constitutional or not; If a state believed a federal law violates the U.S. Constitution, it can be declared as, "null and void" (without force) within that state. -
Compromise of 1850
It was a legislation passed by Congress by which California entered as a free state, slave trading was ended in the District of Columbia, Texas gave up its claim to New Mexico in exchange for money, residents of the territories of New Mexico and Utah would be able to determine whether they wanted slavery, and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was enacted. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was a legislation that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and that contained a clause on popular sovereignty that negated the Compromise of 1850. -
Dred Scott Case
It was a case, where it divided the North and the South, because Dred Scott claimed he was free, since he lived a free state. -
Election of 1860
In 1860, when Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina, a fight over the platform brought great trouble, and that is why the Northern Democrats voted for Stephan Douglas, Northern democrats voted for Vice President John Breckenridge, and Republicans voted for Abraham Lincoln; if Abraham Lincoln had not have won, history would have taken a different course.
