Civil war

Trail to the Civil War

By Michelle Obonna
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    -Henry Clay
    -Preserved the balance between slave and free states
    -The slavery debate stopped for a while
  • The Nullification Crisis 1832

    The Nullification Crisis 1832

    -Southern states felt that the tariffs were unfair and only supported the North.
    -The Federal government dismissed South Carolina's arguement causing SC to threaten to secede.
    -Henry Clay came up with Compromise to lower taxes.
  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

    -Passed by Congress
    -Permitted the capture of African-Americans who had fled to the North to escape.
    -Hieghtned tensions
    -Set the stage for John Brown's raid and the American Civil War.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    -Congress had intense debates
    -The new territories won from Mexico would be enrolled as a slave or free state
    -Henry Clay
    -California would be permitted as a free state
    -Stronger fugitive slave law
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    -Anti-slavery people started their own government
    -John Brown murdered several of his proslavery neighbors.