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Missouri Compromise
this lessened tensions for a while but would ultimately get repealed. It lessened tensions by making sure that the North and South got good deals. -
Wilmot Proviso
Increased tension because The South were appalled that they would even consider making all land won from the Mexican American war free. -
California Gold Rush
This event increased tension because California wanted to become a FREE state, which would upset the balance of FREE to SLAVE states. -
Mexican War
raised tensions because new land was brought in. -
Compromise of 1850
this lowered the tension between the North and South because it helped both of the sections out. Made by Henry Clay. -
Fugitive Slave Law
A part of the compromise of 1850. This cause greater divide between the North and South because Northern abolitionists were forced to help slave catchers which made them hate slavery even more. Other people who were on the fence about it because upset cause they just wanted it to end. -
Uncle Toms Cabin is Published
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe displaying the horrors of slavery. This raised tensions because more people began to take the Norths side while Southerners banned the book. -
Republican Party forms
this party forms as a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
this rose tensions between the states because it would further separate the country in two. -
"Bleeding Kansas"
This raised tension because of popular sovereignty. People moved out there and killed people who did't share their same views. -
Charles Sumner caned in the senate
This rose tensions because the Southerners saw him as a hero while the North looked at him like a terrorist. -
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
led to more sectionalism because the Northerners hated the ruling and the South loved it. -
John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry
this raised tensions, because it made the North and South take a stance on whether they believed John Brown was hero or a terrorist. -
Abraham elected president
This was one of the final things that raised tensions in America. The South saw Lincoln as a threat to their way of life. -
Southern States begin to Secede
These are example of what happens when the tension becomes too great. -
Battle at Fort Sumner
this most definitely raised the tension, considering it was the start of the Civil war.
