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The Nullification Act
Southern states felt that the tariffs are unfair and only supported the North. -
compromise of 1850
the US congress had debates on weather or not the new territories they one from the war with mexico should be free or slave states -
bleeding kansas 1855
5000 people that were from Missouri that were for slavery went into Kansas and voted illegally. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dread Scott was a slave who sued his owner for his freedom. He thought that sense he was in a free state that he can be free but he was kept as a slave. -
attack on Harpers ferry
A man named John Brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for there freedom. -
the election of 1860