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Missouri Compromise
The northern and southern politicians have heated debates over the growth of slavery. The Missouri compromise were a series of laws that helped maintain mother balance between slave states and free states. -
The nullification crisis
Southern states felt that tariffs were unfair and only supported the north. Vice President John C. Calhoun said any state could nullifly (make void) a federal law it consideres unconstitutional. Henry Clay came up with a compromise and lowered the tariffs. -
Compromise of 1850
Congress had many heated debates as to weather the new territories won from Mexico would be admitted as slave states or free states. California would be admitted as a free state. Congress would not pass laws banning slavery from the rest of the territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 by the Congress. The act permitted the capture of African Americans who had fled to the north to escape bondage. -
Bleeding Kansas
5000 people from nearby proslavery Missouri came and voted for proslavery representatives in Kansas illigally. Anti-slavery opponents started their own government. To avenge this attack, extreme abolitionist John Brown murdered several of his proslavery neighbors. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom. He argued that because he lived in a free territory that he should have been emancipated. -
Attack on harpers ferry
John Brown wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom. He planned to capture the arsenal and arm the slaves. John and his men were capture...10 men were killed. John Brown was put to death and tension began to raise for slavery to a breaking point. -
The Election of 1860
Abe LIncon wins the election of 1860? Southerners states begin to secede from the Union shortly after Lincoln is elected.