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The nullification crisis
Due to the passin number of tarring laws of 1828 and 1832 southern state did like the tariffs like South Carolina felt that the tarrifs were unfair and only supported the north. -
Compromise of 1850
After e war with Mexico, congress had many heated debates as to Mexico would be admitted as a slave state or a free state. -
Fugitive Slave act
The fugitive slave act allowed white slave owners to capture anyone considered a slave. -
Bleeding Kansas
Before Kansas was to enter the union they had to have a vote to join in as a slave state or a free state which caused distress in the union. -
The dred Scott decision
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom because he argued that because he lived in a free state but was denied his rights for freedom so the nation revolted. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John brown raided a southern armory for weapons to fight against slavery but no slave reinforcements came and he Mariens raided the armory killing his sons and put him in jail -
The election of 1860
Abraham runs to be president and wins despite his statement that he would do nothing to abolish slavery in the south but the southerners did not trust him so the south began to secede from the union shortly after lincolns election
