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Missouri Compromise
People became worried when the new land gained by the U.S. was determining whether it would be a slave or free state. Henry Clay came up with a solution. Missouri would be slave and then the 36,30 line would be the deciding factor of slave or free state. -
The Nulification Crisis
The south was angry because when the tariffs were passed, they thought they only supported the north. Vice President John Calhoun convinced South Carolina to nullify the tariffs. South Carolina threatened to secede after their nullification was denied. The tariffs were lowed in order to compromise. -
Compromise of 1850
When the U.S. gained new territories from Mexico, people wanted to know whether they would be free or slave. This was crucial because the majority would control the laws. Henry Clay came up with a compromise that includes the following: California would be a free state, and the other territories could vote whether they were free or slave. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed to capture and send back runaway slaves to the South. Many abolitionists in the North were furious to be forced into supporting what they did not believe. Tension grew between the North and South which resulted in the Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
Kansas held an election to determine whether it was going to be free or slave. 5000 people came into Missouri illegally to vote pro slavery. Kansas resulted in having a pro slavery government. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that thought if he could live in a free territory that he should be emancipated. He sued his owner for his freedom, and the North was excited because if the hearing went well all slaves could sue for their freedom. Instead the court ruled that all slaves were property and could not be taken from a person without due process of law. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown was an extreme abolitionist who wanted all slaves to be free. He gathered his men and headed to a Southern military base. When they attacked slaves were supposed to join them but no one showed up. He was executed with 10 other men. This made tensions increase between the north and the south. -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the election even though he did not win the popular vote. The south is angered by a republican president, so the southern states start to secede
