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Protective tariffs
The passing of tariff laws were apretiated from the north but both the south. John C. Calhoun said that any state could nullify a federal law it considers unconstitutional. Henry clay came up with a compromise and lowered the tariff. -
Fugitive slave law
He fugitive slave act was passed by the congress. It permitted the capture of African americansmwho fled to the north to escape bondage. It set the stage for John Brown's Raid and the American civil war. -
Uncle toms cabin
Uncle tom cabin was written by harriet Beecher Stowe. It was the response of the fugitive slave act of 1850. It exposed the horrors of slavery to the north and influenced the way the public ciewed slavery -
Bleeding kansas
5000 people from a nearby proslavery missouri came and voted for proslavery representatives in kansas illegally. Ani slavery opponents started their own government. The anti slavery government was attacked by the proslavery process. Hÿ -
Dred Scott decision
He was a slave who sued for his freedom. He lived in a free territory. African Americans were not considered citizens when the constitution was drafted I'm 1787 -
John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry
He wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom. He planned to capture the arsenal. Brown and his men were captured. abolitionists saluted John brown as he was put to death -
Election of 1860
Abraham won the election. Southerners didn't like him because he didn't like slavery. Southerners began to secede from the Union shorly after he got elected. -
Slavery/ states rights
Congress tried to regulate the number of free and slave states. This violated state rights. State woupd have the right to rule federal acts unconstitutional.
