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March 6, 1820

An agreement was proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state.

This caused tension because there was now a slave-owning state above the 36/30 line

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1822

Denmark Vesy's Plan to incite an armed slave rebellion in South Carolina

He was tried and executed in 1822

Slave revolts like this caused panic in white Southerners, there was already a push to end slavery from the north and now their slaves were attacking them

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1832-1833

The South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification was seen as a threat to the Union, after declaring several tariffs null and void

This is one of many smaller conflicts between southern states and the central government that would lead to secession

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Aug 21-23 1831

Nat Turner's Rebellion, or The Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion in Southampton Virginia. They were led by the titular Nat Turner and killed around 65 whites. This was the most destructive slave revolt in US history

Another Example of Slave Revolts that instilled fear of loss of power in the white souther population

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Oct 2 1835 - Apr 21 1836

The Texas "Revolution" was a rebellion of colonists and Tejanos against the Mexican government.

Winning the territory would cause tension between the north and the south because they had to decide if the new territory would have slaves.

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1846

An unsuccessful attempt to ban slavery in the land they got from Mexico. It was proposed by David Wilmot

It did not get approved because there was an even split when it came to Congress

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Sept 18, 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act made it illegal to harbor enslaved individuals in the North, If you saw a black person in the North it was now your civil duty to report them

This would not only cause tension because it supported the south's "right" to own slaves, but now northerners were forced to participate in it.

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1833-1865

In 1833 the American Anti-Slavery Society was established by William Lloyd Garrison

It's very self-explanatory, these people wanted to abolish slavery. Pormiet Abolsihonists are peiple like Jhon brown, Fedric Douglas, The Grimké Sisters, and Sojourner Truth

This Caused Tensions because there was now a fairly large group of people who not only fully opposed the south, but were actively trying to convince large parts of the population that Slavery was deplorable.

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The Ostend Manifesto, also known as the Ostend Circular, was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused.

The political parties of the time heavily dis agreeed on this matter and these tensions would increase leading up to the 1850 election

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May 30, 1854

New territories could not vote (Popular Sovereignty) on whether or not they would be slave states, this also repealed the Missouri Act

This would cause tension because it would limit the expansion of slavery to the West, most settlers were Northerners and they were far less likely to vote for slaves

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1846-1847

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to black people. Three for he could not be declared a free man, despite living in the north for many years.

This caused outrage will all abolitionists, and caused a further push for the emancipation of the enslaved blacks in this country

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an effort by abolitionist John Brown to incite another slave revolt. he thought that if he took over the U.S. military arsenal the slaves would follow in an armed revolt. They did not. and he was hanged in Charles Twone

He was now a martyr

This gave radical abolitionists even more of a reason to fight, and conservative slave owners something to point to when victimizing themselves

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This is the presidential election that Abraham Lincoln was elected in.

This was the last straw for the South, he was very opposed to slavery, and that caused them to feel attacked/eventually caused them to seceed. especially following all of the other conflicts from the past 4 decades.