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Time : 1819

Place : Passed in DC, Pertains to Missouri and Maine

People : Proposed by Henry Clay

Story : After much debate, Congress accepted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and drew a line between the slave and free states to settle sectional tension and to set the balance between slave and free states right.

-The Missouri Compromise led to a division between the North and South by clearly drawing a line between them and distinguishing them as slave vs free states.

-This encouraged the South to secede because the South valued slavery and this Compromise prohibited slavery north of the boundary drawn.

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Time : 1822

Place : Charleston, SC

People : Denmark Vesey planned the revolt

Story : Vesey organized a revolt of 9,000 slaves in Charleston, but the plans were leaked and Vesey and many others were executed.

-This led to further division between the North and South because it made the South even more wary of slave resistance and enforce the Fugitive Slave Act even more, which the North objected.

-This made the Southerners want to secede more because they were wary of slave resistance and diverged from the North on this point.

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Time : 1832
Place : National Government (DC) , South Carolina
People : Andrew Jackson and John C Calhoun
Story : South Carolina tried to nullify tariffs passed by the federal government. Jackson passed the Force Bill, which allowed the government to enforce the tariffs by force. The tariffs were eventually lowered.
- This divided the Northern and Southern states because it furthered the because it embodied the conflict of the sectional tensions and the states' rights conflict.
- This made the South want to secede because their rights were denied by the Federal government and they felt as if they had no power.

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Time : 1831
Place : Southampton County , Virginia
People : Nat Turner
Story : A slave revolt, led by Nat Turner, occurred where Nat Turner and his followers killed 55 - 60 slave-owners and their families before he was stopped by the army.
-This caused division between the North and South because the South was terrified by incidences like these, and insisted upon stricter slave codes and laws to prevent resistance, while the North pushed for abolition.
-This made the South want to secede from the North because they wanted to implement strict laws to protect against future slave revolts that clashed with the North's abolition.

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Time : 1836
Place : Texas
People : Santa Anna, Mexican president
Story :  The local colonists and Tejanos ( Texas Mexicans ), decided to rebel against the centralized Mexican government. The Republic of Texas resulted.
- This caused increased divisions between the North and South because it caused debate over the status of Texas's slave laws once it was admitted into the US and upsetting the balance of slave states.
-This caused the South to want to secede because they wanted their voice to be heard and were afraid of Texas becoming a free state and objected to the Wilmot Priviso, which prohibited slavery in newly acquired territories.

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Time : 1845
Place : Texas
People : President Polk , General Zachary Taylor
Story : President Polk, a pro-expansionist president, annexed Texas, causing a border dispute with Texas. General Zachary Taylor was sent to Texas and began seizing parts of it. The Treaty of Guadelupe- Hidalgo was negotiated. The US gained California, New Mexico, Arizona, set the border at the Rio Grande, and the US paid Mexico $15 million.
- This caused further division between the North and South because it upset the balance between slave and free states, inciting sectional tensions.
-This caused the South to want to secede because they wanted slavery to expand into the new territories so that their power would not be limited to the South, which was losing power.

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Time : 1846
Place : DC
People : David Wilmot
Story : David Wilmot proposed a bill that would prohibit slavery in all the territory acquired in the Mexican American War. The bill was vetoed in the Senate.
- This fueled division between the North and South because it incited sectional tensions about the South losing power and would have upset the balance between the slave and free states and the balance of power in Congress.
- This caused the South to want to secede because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.

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Time : 1850
Place : DC
People : President Taylor, Henry Clay, Millard Fillmore
Story : The Compromise confronts the spread of slavery and caused a change in Congress. This was during a time of sectional tension. President Taylor believed in popular sovereignty and California wanted to be free. Henry Clay proposed that California enter as a free state and there should be no slavery restrictions in Mexican territories. Millard Fillmore became president and slowly passed the bill in pieces with the Fugitive Slave Act, which instituted strict laws
- This caused divisions between the North and South because the Compromise enter California as free state and caused shifts in Congress, favoring the North.
- This made the South want to secede because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery as more and more free states were entered into the US.

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Time : 19th Century
Place : Mostly centered in DC and the North
People : Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, John Brown
Story : For the majority of the 19th century, the Abolitionist Movement was present as people fought for the freedom of African Americans, mostly centered in DC and the North.
-This caused divisions between the North and South because the North believed very strongly in abolition and had a moral problem with slavery, while the South very strongly believed in slavery and went to great lengths to protect it.
- This caused the South to want to secede because of the moral difference between the North and South.

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Time : 1854
Place : Cuba
People : James K Polk
Story : James K Polk wrote the Ostend Manifesto, saying that the US should purchase Cuba from Spain and take it by force if they refused.
- This caused further divisions between the North and South because the annexation of Cuba, Hawaii, and Canada as described in the Manifesto would upset the balance between slave and free states.
- This made the South want to secede because it caused uproar because it was already and established slavery territory.

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Time : 1854
Place : Kansas
People : Stephan Douglas
Story : Stephan Douglas proposed this bill because he wanted the transcontinental railroad to run through his home state of Illinois. The bill organized Nebraska for the South, ended the Missouri Compromise, instituted popular sovereignty, and separated Kansas and Nebraska.
- This caused divisions between the North and South because popular sovereignty was instituted, meaning the institution of slavery had to be decided by the people.
- This caused the South to want to secede because it caused Bleeding Kansas, in which many pro-slavery people were killed.

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Time : 1857
Place : Wisconsin
People : Dred Scott, Roger B Taney
Story : Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri, a slave state. He was moved by his owner to Wisconsin, a free state. When his owner died, Scott sued for his freedom. Roger B Taney declared that Dred Scott will remain a slave, could not even sue the Court because he was not considered a citizen, said the federal government could not block people’s property, claimed that African Americans were inferior
- This caused divisions between the North and South because the North was upset by the restrictions on slaves and it strengthened the South's power.
-This made the South want to secede because they did not want the authority of slavery to be questioned, as Dred Scott did.

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Time : 1859
Place : Harpers Ferry, Virginia
People : John Brown
Story : John Brown planned an attack on a federal arsenal and planned to arm the local slaves and attempted to start an insurrection. His plan did not work and he was executed for treason.
- This caused divisions between the North and South because the South was terrified by John Brown's violence and was scared of a slave revolt.
-This made the South want to secede because they were scared of violence by the Northerners and wanted to protect slavery.

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Time : 1860
Place : DC
People : Lincoln
Story : The Democrats nominated two candidates, splitting their vote and securing the victory for Lincoln.
-This caused tension between the North and South because each region had a candidate, directly battling for the presidency.
-This caused the South to secede because they knew that Lincoln was against the spread of slavery and their loss in the election indicated to them that they no longer had any power in the US.