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In the Missouri Compromise, the main issue was whether new states would be admitted as free or slave states. In the Missouri Compromise, the North and South were impacted differently because it affected the balance of power in Congress The Missouri Compromise increased tensions by making slavery a national political issue. -
Slavery was decided by popular sovereignty in the states of California and Texas. this caused Sectionalism in the states and not just the county as a whole. The tension increased dramatically because in one state there were people who wanted slavery and people who did not want slavery. -
The fugitive slave act was a series of laws preventing northerners from housing or helping runaway slaves in any way. Now is slaves ran away to the north they could get hunted down by there owners and they couldn't hide in northerners homes. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet was an American author, mother, and an abolitionist. She wrote this book about the harsh conditions of slavery. After this was published people in the south started to realize that slavery was wrong and that they should stop. Now there were people living in the south who were abolitionists and people in the north. The south was so worried they started to ban the book. -
the Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act where in Kansas and Nebraska territory they decided that states will choose by popular sovereignty. It also cancelled the Missouri compromise. The main issue with this event was that it added to the tensions between the north and south and it added to the state's own sectionalism. This event affected both Kansas and Nebraska because of popular sovereignty. -
This event was a large fight in the Kansas territory between abolitionist and pro-slavery governments. This affected Kansas because after this it broke out into something more serious. There were a lot of riot happening in Kansas. This event continued to create tensions because now people were actually physically fighting because of slavery. -
this is the supreme court case in which slaves were found out they can sue and are not considered people. all slaves were effected by this because it is now made clear that the south doesn't think of them as people but as tools to be used. this helped increase tensions through the slaves because now they know what they think of them. -
John brown is an abolitionist who hosted a raid on Harper's ferry, VA. he tried to raid the federal arsenal to attempt a slave uprising. he was then taken into court for a trial and was sentenced to death. this affected the slaves and Southerners by making them think of what was going on. this increased the tensions by making people think about what he had said and that this can only be resolved by blood. -
The election of 1860 is the election of Abe Lincoln. he was a republican candidate and won by a land slide. as a result of this the south felt they didn't have a voice at all and that was the last straw for them. the whole United States was impacted by this election because he was their new president and because, the south now were really mad. this increased the tensions a lot because now there was something in the air between everyone and the war was about to break out.
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