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Sectionalisim Timeline
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Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a law that had admitted Misssouri a slave stae and Maine a free state -
Lowell Textile Mill
Lowell'sfirst textile mill was opened in 1823,officially having Lowell be the first industrialized city. -
The Tariff Act
This act raised expense on goods that came from Europe. The southerners were against it but the northerners were all for it. THey were the ones to pass it -
The Nullification Act
Andrew Jackson got Congress to pass a law that the goverment could use the military to enforce federal law. This was done in response to the South not following tariffs. -
Comprimise of 1850
In 1849 Californa wanted to go into the union and californa was introduced into the union. The territories between Texas and New Mexico were disputed -
kansas-nebraska Act
The act allowed people in the territories of kansas and nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of voilent political confrontations that involved anti-slavery,free-states,and pro-slavery which took place in kansas teritory. -
Dred Scott Case
The opinion delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney issued on march 6th declared thatslaves were not citizens of the U.S and were unable to sue in federal quotes. The decission that the Misouri compromise was unconstitutional and that congress did not have the authority to prohibit slaves in the territories. -
Raid On Harpers Ferry
White abolitionist, John Brown led 20 men on a raid to Harperrs Ferry to trigger an armed slave revolt. The plan was thwarted by a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee.Prior to the attacl john wanted harriet tubman and Fredrick Douglass but Harriet Tubman couldnt beacsue of illnjess and Douglass belived that the plan would fail. -
Election
In 1860 Abraham Lincolin was elected as president with 180 electoral votes. -
South Carolina
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
