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The Abolition Movement
A movement that had started in the early 1830s due to abolishing slavery. Abolitionists wanted to get rid of slavery for good and would do anything to get their wish. -
The Nullification Crisis
A problem that had been between some states and the president at the time which was Andrew Jackson. The states didn't want to pay the protective tariff that Jackson had wanted them to, with this the states said they had the rights to nullify or decline the tarriff. -
Frederick Douglass and the North Star
Frederick Douglass established an abolitionist paper that was named The North Star. It became such a powerful paper that had been influential on the black antislavery group known as the abolitionists. -
The Comprimise of 1850
Five separate bills that had been passed by Congress. It was a confrontation between slave and free states that mentioned territories boundaries on slaves that had been taken during the Mexican-American War. -
The Kansas/Nebraska Act and Popular Sovereignty
Stephen A. Douglas, had introduced a railroad route wanting to make sure there was a northern path that would/could help benefit Illinois. He also introduced a bill that would help with any territory of Nebraska to bring it in civil order. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a violent political confrontation in the U.S. that had involved anti-slavery, free-staters, and pro-slavery elements. -
The Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott, a slave who wanted to fight for his freedom through the U.S. legal system. The decision by the supreme court denied his plea and had determined that anyone with African blood could never be a citizen. The decision also had made the Missouri Compromise of 1820 invalid. -
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States through a divided Democratic Party. He was the first Republican to win the presidency. -
South Carolina Secession
A convention that was about an adopted an ordinance making the connection disappear between South Carolina and the United States of America. It was brought upon with the election of Lincoln. -
Formation of the Confederate States of America
The Southern Confederacy or the Formation of the Confederate States of America are th 11 states that dissolved their agreement with the others involved in the United States. They had attempted to establish a new nation that would resolve to limited power and that the institution of slavery would be protected.
