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The Missouri Comprimise
The Northern and the Southern politicians have heated debates over the growth of slavery. Henry Clay, the Great Comprimiser settles the debate. The Missouri Comprimise were a series of laws that helped maintained the balance between slave state and free states. -
The Nullification Crisis
Southern states felt that the tariffs were unfair and only supported the North. Vice president John C. Calhoun said any state could nullify (make void) a frederal law it considers unconstitutional. The federal government denied South Carolina's argument, South Carolina threatened to secede. Henry Clay came up with a comprimise and lowered the tariff. -
Comprimise of 1850
Congress had many heated debates as to weather the new territories won from Mexico would be admitted as slave states or free states. Henry Clay once again, helped make a Comprimise between the North and the South. California would be admitted as a free state, congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 by the congress. The act permitted the capture of African-Americans who had fled to the north to escape bondage. These laws heightened tension, and set the stage for John Brown's Raid and the American Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas
5000 people from nearby proslavery Missorui came and voted for proslavery representatives in Kansas illegally. Anti-Slavery opponents started their own government. The anti-slavery government was attacked by proslavery forces. To avenge this attack, extreme abolitionists John Brown murdered several of his proslavery neighbors. -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott was not free based on his residence in either Illinois or Wisconsin. African-Americans were not considered citizens when the Consitution was drafted in 1787 -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom. He planned to capture the arsenal at the army base in Harpers Ferry, Virginia to arm the slaves. Brown and his me were captured. Abolitionists saluted John Brown as he was put to death, the issue of slavery had raised tensions in America to the breaking point. -
The Election of 1860
southern states begin to secede from the Union shortly after Lincon is elected
