Andrew Jackson was elected as president

Jackson supported the tariff

North wanted protective tariffs because they wanted to make more off of exports

written by vice president

claimed it was a state right to declare a law

threatened the unity of U.S.A

Massachusetts's Senator Daniels debated Calhoun's stances

Congress passed another tariff in 1832, which SC nullified

John C stepped down from vice president to be a SC senator

President andrew urged congress to pass a force bill

other southren states would follow sc lead in supporting states rights

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalogo gave western land to US, comepleted the Manifest Destiny

The debated over slave/free status starts with the discovery of gold in Cali

henry clay persuaded congress to pass the Compromise of 1850, which had 5 parts

Written in respones to Fugitive slave law

increased sympathy for fugitive slaves

second most popular book

southerners were outraged by its exaggerations

there were urget demands to organize the western territories as a result of gold rush

wanted to create a trans-contenintal railroad

kanas was in the northern part of the Louisiana territory -because of missouri compromise, it could not be a slave state

36 30' law of missouri compromise was repealed

northern abolitiionist and southern slaveholders moved to kanas

they began fighting with other over popular sovereignty

the republican party was formed

dred scott was a slave who was taken into free territory and sued to maintain freedom

supreme court decides AA are not citizens and cannon't sue the court

john brown wanted to arm slaves for a slave rebellion

failed miserably at acquiring weapons

heightened sectionalism because:

• southerners were scared of abolitionists and freed slaves

comes from states rights

the USA has a confederation of states, not union

says that states have more power than federal Gov