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Missouri Compromise
Slavery was growing rapidly and the North and South needed a way to determine if a state is free of slave. Henry Clay settles the conflict of the North an south, and is known as The Great Compromiser. -
The Nullification Crisis
Southern States felt that tariffs were unfair and thought that it only helped out the North. John C Calhoun stated that any state could void a federal law if it considers unconstitutional. The South threaten to secede. Henry Clay lowered the tariff -
Compromise of 1850
The new territories that were won from Mexico, were debated on if it would be a slave or free state. Henry Clay solves the conflict by making California would be a free state, and Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This act allowed people in the North to capture African-American who had fled to the North to escape. This increased the tension and set the stage for John Browns killing of pro slavery people. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
5,000 people that were from Missouri that were for slavery went into Kansas and voted for slavery illegally. Anti-Slavery people went and started their own government. Shortly after they were attacked by pro-slavery forces. John Brown avenged the attack by killing several people that were for slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that sued for his freedom. He was property of his owner and property couldn't be taken from a person without due process of the law. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown wanted to help slaves fight for their freedom, so he planned to capture the arsenal. No slaves joined him and Brown and his men were captured. Abolitionists saluted John Brown as he was put to death. This caused the tension of slavery to rise in America to the breaking point. -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln becomes president even though he said he wouldn't affect the status of slavery. The South didn't trust him and started to secede from the Union starting with South Carolina.
