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The Missouri Compromise
- North and South divided over the issue of slavery
- Problem solved by Henry Clay, whne he said Maine would be free and what would become Arkansas would be slave
- Made temporary peace between the North and South
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The Nullification Crisis
- Result of Andrew Jackson's "Tariff of Amominations."
- In South Carolina
- Leader was John C. Calhoun -South Carolina declared the tariff uncontitutional and refused to enforce it.
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Compromise of 1850
- Proposed by Henry Clay
- Settled disputes between the North and South on which future states would have slaves and which future states would be free
- California would be slave
- Maine would be free
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- Allowed people to capture former slaves and ship them back to the South
- Made situations tenser between the North and the South
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Bleeding Kansas
- Over 5000 proslavery Missouri residents came to Kansas and voted for proslavery in it illegally
- New political party, the Free-Soil party, was formed
- The Free-Soil party was attacked by proslavery voters
- John Brown muredered his proslavery neighbors over it
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The Dred Scott Decision
- Court case of Dred Scott vs. Sanford
- Decided whether slaves, free or not, were citizens, and if they could sue in court
- Lost in a 7-2 decision
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Attack on Harpers Ferry
- Led by John Brown
- Planned to raid the base in Harpers Ferry to capture it and give the slaves guns
- They were captured and 10 of his men were killed
- Put the country on the brink of civil war
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The Election of 1860
- Presidential campaign in which Abraham Lincoln became president
- Caused South Carolina to instantly secede
