-
Missouri Compromise
Slaves states under (36th parrallel); free states over the line -
Tariff of abomination
Andrew Jackson Pissed SC, planting the root for successions -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
-
Nullification Crisis
SC (John Calhoun) tried to nullify the tariffs, but Jackson threatened with military action -
Gag Rule
Automatically silenced anti-slavery petitions in Congress (1836-44) -
Annexation of Texas
Led to Mexican-American War -
Wilmot Proviso
Proposed to ban slavery in land gained from Mexico
States rejected -
Period: to
Mexican American War
Gave US more land, exacerbating sectionalism (more slave and free states) -
Compromise of 1850
California as a free state
New Mexico and Utah as official territories
Ban slave trade in DC but in exchange for a new fugitive slave law
Redifine Texas's border -
Fugitive slave act
Forced Northerners to return escaped slaves -
Literature and Newspapers
The Liberator: William Lloyd Garrison 1831
The North Star: Fredrick Douglass 1847
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas wanted to organize the land to build transcontinental railroad. The South senators resist because it would tip the balance of Missouri Compromise. Stephen Douglass proposed popular sovereignty in exchange, which repealed Missouri Compromise and created two new territories. -
Republican Party
Formed by anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats -
Bleeding Kansas
on and off 1855 ~ 1859 -
Bleeding Sumner
-
John Brown's Raid
-
Period: to
Sucession of southern states