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Missouri Compromise
March 3, 1820 The Northern and Southern legislators have intense debates over the development and growth of slavery Henry Clay settled this debate The missouri compromise were a progression of laws that kept up the harmony between slave states and free states
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Nullification Crisis
November 24, 1832 South Carolina disagreed over tariffs and argues that they were unfair John C Calhoun said any sate could void the federal law and declare it unconstitutional
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Compromise of 1850
January 29, 1850 Henry Clay helped create this compromise between the North and South California wanted to join the union so California would be admitted as a free state Congress would not pass laws forbidding bondage from the rest of the territories
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Fugitive Slave Act
September 18, 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850 by the congress. The demonstration allowed the capture of African Americans who had fled toward the North to escape subjugation These laws raised tensions furthermore and set the stage for American Civil War and John Brown's Raid and the
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Bleeding Kansas
December 14, 1855 5000 individuals from close-by proslavery Missouri came and voted in favor of preslavery representatives in Kansas unlawfully Anti-slavery opponents began their own government The Anti-slavery government was assulted by proslavery forces To retaliate for this attack, John brown, an abolitionist, murdered several proslavery neighbors
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Fred Scott Decision
July 1, 1857 Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom Dred Scott was told that he was 'property' of his owner and 'property',without due process of law, could not be taken from a person
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Attacks on Harpers Ferry
October 16, 1859 John Brown wanted to motivate slaves to fight for their freedom John Brown planned to capture the arsenal at the army base in Virginia so he could arm the slaves John Brown was saluted as he was executed, the issue of slavery had raised tensions to the limit in America
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Election of 1860
November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln won this election After Lincoln won the election, southern states began to secede from the Union
