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Missouri Compromise
This Compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state, admitted Maine as a free state to keep the balance in the Senate, and prohibited slavery north of latitude 36 30' in the Louisiana purchase territory, with the exception of Missouri. -
Tariff of 1828
Passed by congress to protect American industry by applying high tariffs on imported items. -
Nay turners Reballion
This reballion led to the killing of 50 Virginians, and struck fear to slave owners hearts -
The Tariff of 1832
Caused Vice President John C. Calhoun to resign, and and Ordinance of Nullification, that caused President Andrew Jackson to use military force if South Carolina didn't repeal the Ordinance of Nullification -
Compromise of 1850
This Compromise added land acquired from Mexico after the Maexican-American War any many other thing like the admission of California etc. it ended in he slave trade in Washington, DC. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Toms Cabin
Published book in response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Within two years of being published two million copies were sold worldwide. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Document repealed he Missouri Compromise and helped gain a Republican part. -
Bleeding Kansas
This started as a disagreement to decide if slavery should be allowed in Kansas -
Dread Scott Decision
The U.S Supreme Court decided the Missouri Compromise and other legislation limiting slavery were unconstitutional. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This established Lincoln as a prominent national figure and established his Republican Party's anti slavery platform -
John Browns Raid
A raid of a man who raided Harper Ferry town, Virginia in the attempt to arm slaves