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Missouri Compromise
In an effort to balance the power of Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 making Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
The Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional crisis in, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a dispute between South Carolina and the federal government. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was five separate bills passed by Congress in 1850, which a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories got during the Mexican–American War. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act passed by congress in 1850, permitted the Capture of African Americans that escaped to the north. This law made more tension, led to John Brown's Raid and the American Civil war. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
Bleeding Kansas was when violent political battle in the United States involving antislavery-Free-Staters and pro-slavery-Border Ruffian, or "southern" things in Kansas between 1854 and 1861, including Bleeding Congress. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott sued for his freedom, he said he live din a free territory and said he should be free. The court said he was not free due to being a resident of Illinois, African Americans weren't considered citizens yet, Dred Scott owned land so his land couldn't be taken from a person without due process of law. -
Attack on Harper's Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an by armed abolitionist John Brown to begin an armed slave rising in 1859 by taking over a U.S stock at Harpers Ferry, Virginia -
The Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C in the election. Abraham Lincoln said he would abolish slavery. Southerners did not trust him.
