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Missouri Compromise
-north vs. south heated debates about slavery
-Henry Clay (great compromiser) resolved the conflict
-the compromise line (36,30') maintained balence between slave and free states -
nullification crisis
-southern states think tarrifs are unfair and only support the north
-v.p John C. Calhoun said states could nullify unjust laws.
-federal govt. denied South Carolina's argument, S.C. threatened to ceced.
-Henry Clay made a compromise and lowered the tariffs. -
compromise of 1850
-congress had many heated debates about the new territories won from Mexico, and whether they would be slave or free.
-Henry Clay said California would be free and they would not put a limit on the others being slavery. -
fugitive slave act of 1850
-it permitted the capture of African Americans who fled north to escape bondage
-heightend tension and set the stage for John Brown's raid and the civil war.
