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The Anti importation of slaves act in 1808
created a tension between the south and the government by not allowing the importation of slaves into the south. This made the south have to start rearing their “chattel” or slaves to make the strongest breed. This made the south interdependent on themselves adding new slave auctions which was frowned upon by the north which in turn increased sectionalism -
1820 the misouri compromise
forced slavery to be limited to the area underneath the 36 30 line and proclamed that it wouldnt expand westward. This most likely started the tension between states decreasing national unity this limited the political power by leveling the playing field for both adding maine as a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
the territorial expansion from the mexican american war affected America by adding slave states and a free state. This created tension impacting the national unity of the states north and south. This allowed expantion of slavery west -
the fugitive slave law of 1850
There was a new regulated law on escaped slaves that is federally funded makng bounty hunters essentialy for feedmen and slaves allowing free black peple to be forced in to slavery. -
uncle tom's cabin in 1852
The book uncle tom's cabin in 1852 opened up the eyes of those that where on edge over the subject of slavery by making a book about the treatment of slaves this was made as a backlash against the fugitive slave law. This created sectionalism and paved the way for secession -
The election of 1860
taken by abraham lincolon he was a republican who knew that he needed to put an end to slavery. The south did not like this presidency so the larger southern plantation states decided to make their own government. This increased sectionalism in the south due to the unwanted president -
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Secession crisis from 1860 to 1861
This is where the southern states decided to cede from the united states and make their own government to get away from the possibility of them losing their agricultural way of life.. This created sectionalism by making a new forein entity which would lead its way to the civil war a war used to preserve the union. -
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