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the road to the civil war

  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The northern and southern polititions have heated debates over the growth of slavery. They eventually agreed to make the slave states and free states equal.
  • The nullification crisis

    The nullification crisis
    Southerners felt that the tariffs were unfair and only supported the North. The Vice President John C. Said any state could nullify federal law.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    Congress had many heated debates and new territories won from Mexico would be admired as free states. California would be a slave state and the rest would be free.
  • Fugitive slave law

    Fugitive slave law
    This law was passed in 1850 and it said that Afican Americans who fled North could be captured if they were slaves in the north.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    The anti-slavery government was attacked. To avenge this attack, extreme abolitionists murdered several pro-slavery neighbors.
  • Dred Scott decision

    Dred Scott decision
    Dredd scott sued for his freedom but judges declared that he was his owners property even though he was in the North.
  • Attack on Harpers ferry

    Attack on Harpers ferry
    John Brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom. He and his men eventually got captured and eventually were sentenced to death.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Abraham Lincoln wins the election this causes the southern states to cecede.