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Missouri Compromise
The Northern and Southern politicians have heated debates over slavery. Henry Clay,known as the Great compromiser settles the the debate. The Missouri Compromise were a series of laws hat helped maintain the balance between slave state and free states -
The Nulification Crisis
Southern states felt that tariffs were unfair and only supported the north. Vice President John C.Calhoun said any state could nullify (make void) a federal law it considers unconstitutional. The federal government denied South Carolian's argument. South Carolina threatened to secede. Henry Clay came up with a compromise and lowered the tariff. -
Compromise of 1850 January 29, 1850
Congress had many heated debates as to whether the new territories won from Mexico. would be admitted as slave states or free states.Henry Clay made a compromise. California would be admitted as a free state. Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave law
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 by the Congress. The Act permitted the capture of African Americans who had fled to the North to escaped bondage. These laws heightened tension, and set the stage for John Brown's Raid and the American Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas December 14th 1855
5000 people from nearby pros livery Missouri came and voted for proslavery representatives in Kansas illegally. Anti-slavery opponents started their own government. The Anti-slavery government was attacked by pros livery forces. to average this attack, extreme abolitionist John brown murdered several of his pros lavers neighbors -
Dred Scott Decision
Scott was freebase do on his residenc in either Illinois or Wisconsin. Dred Scott was slave who sued for his freedom.He argued that because he lived in a free territory that he should have been emancipated. -
Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom to capture the arsenal. Virginia to arm the slaves. Brown and his men were captured. Abolitionist saluted John Brown as he was put to death, the issue of slavery had raised tensions in American to the breaking point -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the election,Southern states begin to secede from the union shortly after Lincoln is elected
