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missouri compromise
- passed in 1820 to vlear up which states were free/slave -made the states above the 36,30 latitude free and under that line slave. -added maine as a free stated in order for missouri to be a slave state
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nullification crisis
-Southern states thought that tariffs were unfair to the south.
-john c. calhoun said that any state could nullify.
-henry clay came up with a compromise to lower tariffs. -
compromise of 1850
-henry clay helped come up with another compromise.
-california would be in the u.s as a free state.
-congress did not pass slvery banning laws to the territorys won from mexico.
-this compromise saved the union. -
fugitive slave act of 1850
-this act helped the southern slave owners find their runaway slaves.
-helped the north see the need for the end of slavery.
-this act helped start the john browns raid and the civil war. -
election of 1860
-abraham lincoln wins the elction to become president.
-southern states started to secede from the u.s. -
bleeding kansas
-5000 proslavery people from missouri came and voted for pro slavery congressmen for kansas.
-anti slavery started their own government.
-anti-slavery gov. was attacked by proslavery citizens. -
dred scott decision
-this decision was made about slaves and how whether free or slave they are not u.s citizens.
-court declared that the missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
-slavery was permitted in all of the countrys new territorys. -
attack on harpers ferry
-john brown wanted to capture arsenal.
-brown wanted slaves to fight along with him but none of them did so.
-brown and his men were captured/murdered.
