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Missouri compromise
The northern and southern politicians have heated debates over the growth of slavery. Henry clay known as the great compromiser.
The Missouri compromise were a series of laws that helped maintain the balance between Slave states 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 a federal law it considers unconstitutional. The federal government denied South Carolinas argument with Carolina threatened to secede.
Henry clay came up with a compromise and lowered the tariff. -
Fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave act was passed in 1850 by the congress. The act permitted the capture of African Americans who he fled from the north to escape bondage. -
Bleeding Kansas
5000 people from nearby proslavery missiori came and voted for proslavery representatives in Kansas illlegally. Anti slavery opponents started their own government. -
Dred scott decision
A slave who sued for his freedom he argues that because he lived In a. Free territory that he should have been emancipated. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress had many heated debates. The new territories won from Mexico would be admitted as slave states or free states. Henry clay helped make a compromise. Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Attack on harpes ferry
John brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom to capture the arsenal. Virginia to arm the slaves -
The election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the election.
Southern states begin to secede from the Union shortly after Lincoln is elected
