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Missouri Compromise
The north and south argue about slavery. Henry clay settles the arguement between the north and south. The Missouri Compromise were a bunch of laws that helped balance slavery. -
The Nullification Crisis
The southern states thought that the tarrifs were unfair and supported the north. Vice president John C. Calhoun thought that any state could nullify a law they thought was unconstitutional.South carolina threatned to secede from the country. Henry Clay made a compromise that lowered the tariff -
Compromise of 1850
Congress couldn't deside if the new territories aquired from mexice should be free or slave. Henry Clay made a compromise between the north and the south. California would be a free state and congress would not pass any laws banning slavery in the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The law allowed the capture of runaway slaves. -
Bleeding Kansas
5000 proslavery people from missouri came to kansas the vote for proslavery people. -
The Election of 1860
Abrahm Lincolin was voted president. Shortly after the elections the southern states started to suceede. -
Dread Scott decision
Dread scott was a free slave that was taken back into slavery. He sued for his freedom since he had been living on free soil for a long time. He was denied freedom by the supreem court.
