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Missouri Compromise
as abolitionnist grow people become concerned with the growth of slavery.the northern and southern politicians have heated debates over the growth of slavery.henry clay proposed that maine be admitted as a free state and that arkansa be a slave state. the missouri compromise was a series of laws the helped maintain the balance of free states and slave states -
nullifacation crisis
due to the passing of tarrifs in 1828 and 1832 southern states like south carolina felt that the tarrifs were unfair and only supported the north. john c calhoun said that any state could nullify a federal law if they felt it was unconstituitional. the federal goverment denied south carolinas argument and threatened to secede. henry clay stopped this by lowering the tarrif -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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Compromise of 1850
After the war with mexico congress debated as to wether the states gained by mexico would be admitted at free staes or slave states. Henry clay then made a compromise bewteen the north and the south. It stated the california would be admitted as a free state and thet slave trade would be abolished in washington d.c. also that congress couldnt make anymore laws banning slavery in the new mexican gained territories. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855