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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also prohibited slavery north of latitude 36 30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory. -
Tariff of 1828/Tariff of Abominations
The tariff was made to protect industry in the northern states by making foreign products prices higher. But for the south, which mostly had their economy driven by raw materials, the tariff meant less money was given to the foreign countries, and the foreign countries didn't buy as much materials from the south, which meant less money for the south. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, a slave, led a slave rebel group and killed 55-60 people, abotu 51 of them were white. -
The Tariff of 1832
Also known as the Compromise Tariff, the Tariff of 1832 was passed by Congress to remedy the conflict created by the tariff of 1828. But some of the southerns found it unsatisfactory and South Carolina declared both tariffs unconstitutional. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was five separate bills which ended a four-year political confrontation over slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Published in response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, it has sold two million copies worldwide within two years of being published. President Lincoln read the book himself before announcin the Emancipation Proclamination of 1862. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed the people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they wanted slavery or not. This act served to repeal The Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of violent confrotations that emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. -
Dred Scott Decision
John F.A. Stanford sued Dred Scott for his freedom even though his master had taken him to live in free territories. Johnsaid slaves could never be American citizens and declared the Missuori Compromise unconstitutional. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The debates happened when both were campaigning for election to the United States Senate from Illinois. The debates were mostly about slavery and its extension into territory such as Kansas. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
