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3/5 compromise
The compromise solution was to count three out of every five slaves as people for this purpose. Its effect was to give the Southern states third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes than if slaves had been ignored, but fewer than if slaves and free people had been counted equally. This was the closest slaves have come to being included in voting and have partial rights as a unit. It was the first piece of legislation involving slaves. -
Protective Tariffs
The Tariff of 1816 was the first protective tariff implemented by the government. Its aim was to make American and foreign manufactured goods comparable in price and therefore persuade Americans to buy American products. America did not want to have to depend on Britain anymore for goods. This was also a way to encourage factories in America because it would be cheaper to buy and sell products within the states rather than buying and maintaining goods from foreign countries. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. Rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterward. This mass killing instilled fear in owners of slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. The Act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a "slave power conspiracy." It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. The Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. Eventually, this would cause "Bleeding Kansas" a dispute/ civil interactions that would involve fighting over slavery. -
Election of 1860
The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. some of the main issues during the presidency were secession; the relationship between the federal government, states, and territories; and slavery and abolition. In the end, Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860.
