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Missouri Compromise
As slavery in the South grew, abolition in the North did as well. Both sides argued whether Missouri was to be a Slave state or not, and that one region would have 1 more state than the other. To ease the tension bewteen both the North and South, the great, well-known compromiser, Henry Clay, layed out a reasoning that MIssouri would be a Slave state and Maine would be free. This concluded that they would both have the same amount of states and one would be slave and the other wouldnt. -
Nullification Crisis
During 1828 and 1832 when tarriff laws were being passed, Southern States felt as though these tarrifs were inequitable and only supported the North. Vice President John C. Calhoun also stated that any state can could nullify a law that is considered unconstitutional. Later, South Carolina fought that they had the right to reject a law but the governement denied it and this resulted in South Carolinas decision to secede. Because of that, Henry Clay created a compromise and lowered the tariffs. -
Compromise of 1850
The famous compromiser hits it again with helllloooo, another compromise duhh. So, this was between the North and South (shocker) and it was said that California would be admitted a free state, and that Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
In 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law which authorized the capture of African Americans who went to the North to escape. These acts led to abolitionists wanting to end slavery more, and as tension grew it resulted in John Brown's Raid. -
Bleeding Kansas
As a result of people in Kansas voting for proslavery representatives illegally, anti-slavery opponents started their own government, the anti-slavery government was attacked by proslavery forces, and John Brown murdered several of his proslavery neighbors. -
Dred Scott Decision
It was Dred Scott v. Sandford arguing that African American, slave or free, could not be United States citizens and that federal government had no power to regulate slavery. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry 1859
John Brown wanted to show slaves that they too could fight for their freedom. To prove that he planned to capture the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He told people to join him in his fight but no one showed up and him and the men he had were captured and Brown was killed. This created a big tension to America. -
The Election of 1860
The election between Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin in 1860. Abraham Lincold ends up winning a shortly after Southern states begin to secede because they do not trust him.
