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Missouri Compromise
In 1818, Missouri sought admission to the union as a slave-holding state. After two years of bitter debate, the Missouri Comprimise was agreed upon. This comprimise addmitted Missouri to the union as a slave state and admitted Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in the senate. The comprimise prohibited slavery noth of latitude 36o 30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory, with the exception of Missouri, and allowed it south of the line. -
Tariff of 1828
Congress passed the Tariff of !828, known as the "Tariff of Abomination." The tariff earned this nickname because it mader foreign products expensive for people to buy, especially if they did not have industry in their region producing similar. This was the case in the south, which mainly produced raw materials. The tariff also meant less money went to foreign countries, which bought fewer raw materials, such as cotton from the south. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, a slave, along with about 60 other slaves led a violent rebellion the resulted in the deaths of more than 50 Viirginians. Nat and many others were excecuted for their part,or suspected part, in the revolt. Nat Turner's Rebellion struck long-term fear in the hearts of slave owners, which caused them to place new restrictions on slaves and promted a national debate on the slavery question -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which said that states north of the latitude 36o 30' would be free states. This allowed settlers in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery whinin their borders when they applied for statehood. The Kansas-Nebraska Act split the Decmocratic Party and virtually destroyes the Whig Party. The northern Whig joined the antislavery democrats to form the Republican Party -
Bleeding Kansas
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Dred Scott Decision
Dred scott, a slave sued for his freedom ont he grounds that since his master had taken him to live in free territories, he should be free. The controversial decision of the U.S. Supreme Court stated that no slave or descendant of a slave could be a U.S. citizen. as a non-citizen and a slave viewed as property, Scott was not entitles to file sui. The court also ruled that congress had no power to exclude slavery from the territories; therefore, the Missouri Comprimise and other legislation - -
Dred Scott Decision Continued
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, were primarily pver the issue of slavery. The debates forged Lincoln into a promient national figure and solidfied his Republican Party's antislavery platform.
