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Road to civil war
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state, in efforts to balance power between free states and slave states. -
Tariff of 1828
Called the tariff of abominations, highest tariff. Supported northern states but not southern states. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, led a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, 55- 65 whites were killed. -
Nullification Crisis
a United States sectional political crisis, South Carolina threatened to secede -
Texas Annexation
The annexation of Texas was favored by the South(pro-slave) and opposed by the North (anti-slavery) -
Mexican-American War
California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming were ceded to the United States. The addition of states and territories would alter the balance between free and slave states. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850, amended the Fugitive Slave Act was and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Fugitive Slave act
If any slave escaped and went to a free state, the slave was to be returned to the owner -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book about the daily of slaves and its horrors. -
Gadsden Purchase
Annexation of the southern part of new mexico, and would establish a railroad, this angered the north -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Allowed people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery or not. -
Ostend Manifesto
Southerners wanted to expand slavery that led to a debate. They wanted to purchase Cuba for slaves. -
Presidential Election of 1856
Frémont decried the expansion of slavery -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
A court case that ruled out that slaves were property and could not sue Federal courts. -
Presidential election of 1860
The election of Abraham Lincoln led to several secessions of states in the south.