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Missouri Compromise
The free and slave states start arguing once again about the number of states and what type they should be, free or slave, so once again the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay, creates the Missouri compromise that makes Missouri a slave state, Maine a free state and the 36*30* line will be the line that divides the free states from the slave states. -
The Nullification Crisis
Southern states like California believe that tariffs only support the North and Vice President John C. Calhoun, kindly states that they could nullify any law they believe unconstitutional. South Carolina starts to threaten to secede but then Henry Clay comes up with another Compromise that lowers that tariff. -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay, also known as the Great compromiser, creates the Compromise of 1850 due to the arguments on whether the new admitted states should be free or slave states. California will be admitted as a free state with no slavery while the Congress would not make any laws removing slavery from the other territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act which forced people to capture escaped slaves and bring them back to the South for punishment and more work. This act convinced most of the abolitionist that now they needed to stand up to slavery and these acts are the ones that convinced John Brown to take charge. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
Kansas is about to enter the Union and is holding an official state legislature for whether it should be a free state or slave state. About 5000 people came from nearby states illegally, and voted Kansas as a slave state. Then Kansas becomes a slave state and soon anti- slavery supporters start their own government and a series of battles start. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a hard working slave who sued the government for his freedom, but the Supreme court's ruling said that he was not a citizen, he was a property of his owner and that he was not considered free because he lived in a free state. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown was an inspirational Abolitionist who wanted to fight and eliminate all slavery supporters, so he attacked Harpers Ferry with his sons and his plan was to involve the slaves of Virginia and give them guns to fight but no slave came to their aid. That's why Brown and his men were captured and executed. -
The Election of 1860
President Lincoln has won the election and becomes the 16th president of the United States. Even though he says he is going to do nothing to get rid of slavery many south states secede from the Union after his election.
