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he Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina.
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The Compromise of 1850 was a collection of five seperate bills that worked to improve the tension between the free and slave states. Also enforced a sense of popular sovereignty when voting.
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Frederick Douglass was an Abolition leader who ran an Anti-Slavery newspaper called The North Star. The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847 and ceased as the North Star in June 1851
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This act allowed white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.
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Dredd Scott v, Sandford argued that slaves are not people and should consequently not be given any rights. They ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States.
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In November of 1860 Abraham Lincoln ran for presidency against Douglas. He emerged victorious.
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South Carolina became the first Southern state to declare its secession and later formed the Confederacy.
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It is also known as Bloody Kansas. It was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of the state of Missouri.
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The Confederate States were founded in 1861. They were formed after their secession from the US.
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The Abolition Movement aimed to immediately abolish slavery and the horrible consequences it brought with it. It also attempted to end segregation.
