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The nullification crisis
Southern states thought tariffs sucked the president thought any state could nuffiy a tarrif -
Compromise of 1850
Congress debated after wars with mx the new territories would become slave states -
Fugitive slave act
This act permitted the capture of African American who had fled to the north to escape bondage -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was to enter the union proslavery this caused many issus -
Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott was a slave. He argued that he shouldn't be prosecuted because he was in a free state -
Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott was a slave who believed that be he was in free territory he should not be treated as a slave he argued this -
Attack on harpers ferry
John brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom he planned to fight for their freedom he planned to capture the arsenal. -
The election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won election although he said nothing about getting rid of slavery. Southerners didn't trust him. Southern states leave
