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missouri compromise
• northern and southern politicians have heated debated over growth of slavery
• henry clay settles the debate
• series of laws that helped maintain the balance between slave and free states -
nullification crisis
• southern states felt the tariffs were unfair and only supported the north
• any state could nullify a federal law it considers unconstituntional
• south carolina threatened to seced
• henry clay came up with a compromise -
compromise of 1850
• congress had many heated debates
• henry clay helped the north and south
• california would be admitted as a free state
• congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories -
fugitive slave act
• passed in 1850 by congress
• permitted the capture of slaves who fled north to escape
• tensions grew leading to the civil war -
dred scott decision
• he was a slave who sued for his freedom
• not free
• property of his owner and could not be taken from a person without due process of law -
attack on harpers ferry
• john brown inspire slaves to fight for freedom
• virginia to arm slaves
• brown and his men were captured
• abolitionists saluted john brown as he was put to death -
election of 1860
• abraham lincoln won
• southern states began to seced from the union shortly after he won
