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Nullification Crisis
South Carolina fought against the federal laws saying that the protective tariffs favored the north and were unconstitutional. -
End of Mexican War
America got a lot of western land, this was problematic because the land we become states and it had to be decided if they would have slavery, this caused the Compromise of 1850. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act required slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were a free black man living in the North.It made the federal government responsible for finding and trying these men. -
Bleeding Kansas
A political and ideological debate over slavery in Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska Act made it so that those two states could decided for themselves if they wanted slavery. -
Dred Scott Decison
Dred Scott was denied being freed of slavery by the Supreme Court. He had been living as a slave in a free state, but the court denied him freedom because he did not own any property. -
John Brown Raided Harper's Ferry
This event was very influential because John Brown and his sons attempted to raid an arsenal in Virginia in order to start a slave uprising, but when no slaves showed up, they were all captured. John Brown was later hanged. -
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President
This caused serious tension between the north and the south because no other president until Lincoln had believed so strongly in ending slavery.
