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Missouri Compromise
Missouri entered the Union and Michigan entered at the same time and became a free state and Maine became a slave state to even it out. Created the 36’, 30’ line. Anything north of the line would be a free state and anything south oif the line would be a slave state. Worked untill California wanted to join the Union, but the line was right in the middle of California and California wanted to stay together. -
Nullification Crisis
Was a crisis during Novermber, 1832. The crisis was when the North taxed the South, but the south wanted the right to “Nullify” the act, but when the North said couldnt, The South asked the north to atleast lower the tax because it was too much. If the South did not pay the taxes, the north would send in Millitary to enforce it. The South did not want the taxes placed on them, but the south had to pay the taxes or else the North’s Army would come in and enforce the laws. -
Compromise of 1850
California was made a free state, New Mexico and Utah would be able to vote if they wanted slavery or not. There was a stricter law if slaves ran they would be punished harder and slave trade became illegal in Washington DC. The Compromise of 1850 only held back the tentions of the slavery between the north and the south until the civil war -
Start of the Republican Party
Former Whigs joined the Republican Party. The Old Whigs had fell apart and two sections were created; The Northern Democrats and the Southern Democrats. The Northern Democrats joined the forces against slavery and they joined the Anti-Slavery fight in 1854. They created a new group called the Republican Party. This was all a fight for slavery. The Northern Democrats (The Republicans) wanted to end slavery. They were Anti-Slavery and the Southern Democrats wanted slavery. They were pro-Slavery -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
When Kansas wanted to join the Union as a free state, but when people moved in there overnight, Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery activists fought because slavery was still happening there. Fights broke out. A Hotel was burned down, Printing Presses were burned and a man was killed. John Brown, an radical anti-slavery activist led a fought a guriella war against pro-slavery activists. After the dust settled, about 200 men were killed. Eventually, Kansas became a free state, but after the Civil War i -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was taken to Missouri where it was above the 36’ 30’ line so it was concidered a free state, but when Dred Scott went there, he was not granted his freedom Blacks were guaranted freedom in the north, one again, but when Dred Scott went there, he was still not a freed man, so, he sued Sanford -
Raid on Harpers' Ferry
When John brown and his group of 21 people, fighting to show a sign to stop slavery. John brown raided Harper’s Ferry; the army’s biggest gun stockpile, and waited until slaves came running in to come take guns and destroy Hapers’ Ferry The North was for this because they wanted slavery to end, but the south hated this because they liked slavery and didnt want there slaves gone, fighting the south -
Election of 1860
There were four people running to become president and 3 of them were trying to either keep or end slavery, but 1 just tried to avoid the fact of slavery alltogether This is the part where they all try to fight to end slavery, and a big contributation to the Civil War
