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This Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise started because Missouri wanted to be admitted as a free state, but by doing this it would offset the balance between free and slave states. So Henry Clay came up again with another one of his great compromises that said the Maine would be admitted as a free state and Arkansas would be a slave state. This helped settle the debate between the north and the south and relieved tensions. -
The nullifaction crisis
President Jackson made a passed a tarrif that was unfair to southern states. The southern states knew that this tarrif was not fair to them because it only supported the north, and the south trusted Jackson because he was from the south. John Calhoun the vice president at the time didn't like the tarrif and said that any state could nullify a unconstitutional law. South Carolina was especially mad about the tarrif and threatened to secede. Soon Henry Clay came up with a compromise to lower taxes -
Compromise of 1850
After the US won the war with mexico and gained new territories, there was a new problem the US faced. They had to decide whether these new territories should be free or slave states. As the great compromiser Henry clay came up with a solution. The north gained California, and Washington DC. as free states, and the south got the fugitive slave law that forced the people in the north to send runaway slaves back to the south. -
Bleeding Kansas 1855
As soon as Kansas was entered into the should be a free or slave state. illegally people from the neighboring state Missouri came and voted for Kansa becoming a slave state, which made the voting unfair. This caused Kansas to become a slave state, which led to increased tensions between the north and the south. Also the abolitionist were attacked by the people for slavery, which led to John Brown attacking there army. -
Attack on Harpers ferry
As a abolitionist John Brown wanted a end to slavery, so he decide to plan a attack at the army's base in Harpers Ferry. He planned to have armed slaves fight with him but none showed up. This caused them to be outnumbered and eventually Brown and his men were captured. John planned this attack to encourage slaves to fight for there freedom, and because of the attack may abolitionist looked up to him. -
The election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the election over Steven Douglas. Lincoln was a firm abolitionist but he said he wouldn't do anything to end slavery. But all of the southern states still decided to secede from the union. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott lived in the north under the control of his slave owner. Scott was done living as a slave and decided he was going to sue for his freedom. He told the court that because he lived in a free are a he should be free. The court did not agree with him and claimed that he was property of his owner. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The north was frustrated by the recent act passed that forced them to send slaves back to the south that were found in the north. The people in the north were frustrated that they had to send them back or they would be sent to jail. This increased tensions between the north and the south.
