Read and respond by Cameron Boyd

Missouri Compromise (1820)

cameronboyd1 — 2023-12-07 17:11:33 UTC

Missouri entered as a slave state disrupting the balance, Henry Clay helped by adding Maine, and led to the split between 36'30 latitude to predetermine slave and free states. The balance was being balanced and unbalanced making the tension even more tight.

Protective Tariffs (Tariff of 1828)

cameronboyd1 — 2023-12-07 17:21:21 UTC

Andrew Jackson elected 1828-1832 supported the Tariff of 1828, the North wanted it for factories, but the South didn't because it would raise prices for goods, South Carolina was angry when it passed. This caused more tension and dispute between the North and South.

Nullification Crisis (1828-1832)

cameronboyd1 — 2023-12-08 16:49:22 UTC

Written by John C. Calhoun, anonymously, and claimed that a state should be able to nullify a law. Congress then passed another tariff in 1832 which South Carolina nullified John C. Calhoun stepped down to senator of S.C., congress then lowered it and S.C. nullified once again, S.C. declared Congressional acts unconstitutional. The other Southern states followed S.C. lead widening the divide.

Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

cameronboyd1 — 2023-12-08 16:56:42 UTC

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gave the U.S. and completed Manifest Destiny. The debate over slave and free states status starts with the discovery of gold in California. the argument starts because if its a slave state the South would get richer and the North didn't want that.

Compromise of 1850

cameronboyd1 — 2023-12-08 17:14:41 UTC

Henry Clay persuaded congress to pass the Compromise of 1850 and had 5 parts, California to be a free state, slave trade outlawed in D.C. (not slavery), the remaining land from Mexico become New Mexico and Utah and let the people decide with popular sovereignty, pay Texas $10 million for giving land claims to New Mexico, and strengthen fugitive slave acts. The Northerners could no longer help slaves escape the South and gain freedom going against what they stood for.

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)

cameronboyd1 — 2023-12-08 17:27:12 UTC

Written in response to the fugitive slave law increased sympathy for fugitive slaves, second most popular book, Southerners outraged by the exaggerations with slavery. Southerners did not like that the North was "misrepresenting" them.

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

cameronboyd1 — 2024-01-09 16:48:03 UTC

Reappealed the missouri compromise created 2 new territories and allowed for popular sovereignty and created "bleeding kansas" which lead to people flooding in to make slavery legal or ilegal causing disputes.

Bleeding Kansas (1854-1859)

cameronboyd1 — 2024-01-09 16:53:36 UTC

3 distinct political groups in which a argument broke out about free or slave states and entered as a free state upsetting the south and causing tension.

Dred Scott Decision (1857)

cameronboyd1 — 2024-01-09 16:56:21 UTC

upheld slavery in us territories, denied black citizens and declared the missouri compromise unconstitutional, upsetting the north.

Johns Browns Raid (1859)

cameronboyd1 — 2024-01-09 16:58:33 UTC

An effort to cause a slave revolt in the south and this made the south mad and the union upset at the south.

Election of 1860

cameronboyd1 — 2024-01-09 17:00:42 UTC

breaking point of an unstable nation and because of this deep southern states broke away and started the civil war.

Theory of Succession (1860)

cameronboyd1 — 2024-01-09 17:03:15 UTC

when southern states seceded from the union and caused enemies between the north and south the last thing before the civil war.