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Missouri Compromise
This was a law that was passed in 1787. This law stated if a state was added to the north one must be added to the south and vice versa. -
The Nullification Crisis
This was a statement that said that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional. -
Death of Clay, Calhoun, and Webster
All three died during this time and left a great wake behind them. -
Compromise Tariff
Proposed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun in an attempted to resolve the Nullification Crisis. -
Wilmot's Proviso
Thought up and proposed by David Wilmot, this was a proposed plan that made all lands gained from Mexico after the Mexican-American war were Free states. This was passed by the house but not the senate and it never became a bill. -
Popular Sovereignty
A term made up by Lewis Cass of Michigan. The proposal was let the territories decide if they wanted to be a slave or a free state. -
Election of 1848
The election of 1848 was between Lewis Cass (Dem.) and Zachary Taylor (Rep.). In the end Taylor won the election. -
Compromise of 1850
After many years the compromise made up by Clay became a law. California was a free state for the north and the south go no slave restrictions in Utah or New Mexico. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Thought up by Stephen Douglas, this had each new territory decide what they wanted to be either a slave or a free state. -
Border Ruffians
David Atchison led 1,700 men to vote in Kansas for proslavery. These men also threatened to shoot, hang or burn any person who was not for slavery. -
South Secedes
The south secedes from the US and becomes the Confederacy