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This agreement states that 3 out of 5 enslaved people are counted as citizens in the house of representatives and taxation. This is a cause, because it gave the south more power in government which could cause slavery to continue. -
This created a new way to admit new states from the northwest territories. This Ordinance helped create a long term struggle for slavey by banning it in the northwest territories. -
This law made it illegal for anyone to help any person thought to be an escaped slave punished with heavy fine or jail time. This act forced people to be police officers for a law they didn't agree with which did not help the souths image. -
This machine made producing cotton over twice as fast as is previously did which made cotton profitable again. Since cotton was profitable again it made the slave trade explode and free people in the north who couldn't prove they were free, were taken to the deep south for labor -
This law made the international slave trade illegal in the US. This created tension about slavery and also grew the domestic slave trade .
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This federal law added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state as well as outlawing slave states above the 36'30' parallel. This outraged the south as the federal government is trying to limit slavery and divided the country into free states and slave states. -
This was a slave revolt in Virginia and was the deadliest slave rebellion in US history. This revolt increased tension and escalated fears in the south of slave uprisings and became a powerful sentiment of abolitionists in the north. -
This crisis was a dispute between SC and the federal government over tariffs were SC threatened to secede but president Andrew Jackson threatened to send the army to which SC stepped down. This was the first major clash between states and federal government and set a precedent for the states to challenge the federal government. -
This was a loosely organized group of abolitionists to help escaped slaves. This only led to more tension around slavery as northerners were illegally helping slaves escape. -
This was a failed proposal to ban slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American war. This created tension as there was a proposal to ban slavery in territories gained from the Mexican-American war.