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Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise North and South debate over the growth of slavery. The Missouri Compromise were a series of laws that helped maintain the balance between free and slave states. -
The Nullification Crisis
South didn't like tariffs so Calhoun made the nullification crisis then South Carolina was denied their argument and threatened to secede . Clay then sme up with a comprimise and lowered tariffs. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress debated if the new states would be free or slave and Henry Clay made another compromise. Cali is admitted as free and congress couldn't pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Passed by congress to permit capture of AA who fled north to escape bondage. These laws caused tension and set the stage for Brown's raid and the Civil War -
Bleeding Kansas
5000 people from proslavery Missouri voted for proslavery reps in Kansas illegally. Anti-slave opponents then started their own government. They were then attacked by the proslavery government. Then Brown murdered 5 of his proslavery neighbors. -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott was a free slave and sued for his freedom. He was ruled not free and the court also declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
Brown wanted to inspire slaves and planned to capture the arsenal but they were captured. Abolitionist saluted Brown as he was put to death. This raised tensions about slavery to a breaking point. -
The Election of 1860
Southern States begin to secede from the union shortly after Lincoln is elected
