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the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
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The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 stated that acts of the national government beyond the scope of its constitutional powers are "unauthoritative, void, and of no force".
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Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812
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Slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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designed to protect industry in the Northern United States.
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a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. Rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white.
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attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to the state's secession.
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annexing Texas to the United States, and consented to the convention. On July 4, the Texas convention debated the annexation offer and almost unanimously passed an ordinance assenting to it.
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Banned slavery anywhere in any territory that might be acquired from Mexico.
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Attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South.The Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
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As part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.
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30,000 square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was acquired by the United States in a treaty signed by American ambassador to Mexico James Gadsden.
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It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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The territory would become a battleground over the slavery question.
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The incident marked the high point of the U.S. expansionist drive in the Caribbean in the 1850s.
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The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th quadrennial presidential election.