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Missouri Compromise
- The North and the South had heated debates over slavery
- Henry Clay settles the debates
- The Missouri Compromise helped maintain the balance of free and slave states
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The Nullification Crisis
- Souten States felt that tariffs were unfair
- John Calhoun said any state could nullify a federal law
- The federal government denied South Carolinas argument
- Henry Clay came up with the compromise and lowered tariffs
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Compromise of 1850
- The new territories won from Mexico to become a free or slave state
- California would be a free state
- Congress would not pass laws banning slavery
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Fugitive Slave Act
- Th Fugitive Slave Act wa passed in 1850
- The Act permitted the capture of Africn Americns tht escaped to the North
- Th Act convincd abolitionist tht radical measures could end slavery
- These laws made tensions rise
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Bleeding Kansas 1855
- 5000 people from Missouri voted for proslavery
- Anti slavery started their own government
- The government was attacked
- John Brown murdered several proslavery neighbors
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Dred Scott Decision
- Dred Scott was a slave and sued for his rights and freedom
- Dred Scott was property of his owner and could not be taken away from him
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Attack on Harpers Ferry
- John Brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight
- Brown and his men were captured
- Abolitionist saluted John Brown as he was put to death
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The Election of 1860
- Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860
- Southern states begin to secede from the Union
