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Missouri compromise
The northern and southern politicians have heated debates over the growth of slavery. Henry clay, the great compromiser settles the debate. The Missouri compromise were a series of laws that helped maintain the balance between slave state and free states -
The nullification crisis
Southern states felt that tariffs were unfair and only supported the north. Vice President John c. Calhoun said anystate could make a void of a federal law it considers unconstitutional. The federal government denied south Caroline's argument, South Carolina threatened to secede.henry clay came up with a compromise and lowered the tariff. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress had many heated debates as to whether the new territories won from Mexico would be admitted as slave states or free states. Henry clay helped make a compromise between north and south.
1. California would be admitted as a free state
2. Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the Territories -
fugitive slave act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 by the Congress. The act permitted the capture of African-Americans who had escaped to the north to escape bondage.This act convinced many abolitionists that radical measures were necessary to end slavery. These laws heightened tension, and set the stage for John Brown's Raid and the American Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
5000 people from nearby proslavery Missouri 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 abolitionist John Brown murdered several of his proslavery neighbors -
dred scott decision
Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court. The court ruled and declared that Scott was not free, African Americans were not considered citizens, and Dred Scott was the property of his owner. -
Attack on harpers ferry
John brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their own freedom. Brown had planned to capture the weapons at the base of Harper ferry, to arm slaves. Brown and his men were captured, they sentenced brown to death, and the issue of slavery had raised tension in America to the breaking point. -
The election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the election, southern states began to secede from the union shortly after Lincoln is elected
