-It was when southerners reached a compromise for slaves and learned how important it was to keep the balance of slave states and free states.

-People wanting slaves to be free and people depending on slaves would go to war to determine which would happen.

-Andrew Jackson was elected president and some people wanted protective Tariffs and some people didn't.

-The South didn't want protective Tariffs but the North did so they could have gone to war to decide whether or not its needed.

-The Vice president John C. Calhoun claimed it was a state right to declare a law unconstitutional and nullify certain laws.

-The North and South could have gone to war because of exclusive rights.

-Another tariff was approved and South Carolina nullified it John C. stepped down from Vice president and because SC senator.

-Some people though the Tariff needed to be reduced which could leave to a war.

-A treaty gave the United States western land the debate over slave or free status started with the discovery of gold in California.

-Greedy people could fight and start a war just to claim all the gold for themselves.

-The compromise was created and passed and it had 5 parts California as a free state, Slave trade outlawed in Washington D.C., Mexico's land will be divided into two, pay texas 10 million for giving up land claims to New Mexico, and finally strengthen the existing fugitive slave act.

-Many people could disagree with what Henry Clay thinks is right and start a war.

-It is a response to the Fugitive Slave Law and she thinks there should be increased sympathy/care for fugitive slaves.

-It could start a war because the southerners depend on slaves too much and don't accept what she says.

-There were demands to control the western territories because of the incident with the cold in California and the government wanted to create a trans-Continental railroad connecting the East and West and finally the last big event was the Law of Missouri was repealed.

-The Southerners and Northerners each wanted the railroad to go to different places which could start a war to see who would get it.

-Northern Abolitionists and southern slaveholders moved to Kansas and began fighting over popular sovereignty

-They could have never settled it and began a war to solve it.

-He was a slave taken into free territory Scott thought he was free but the court passed a law that stated African American are not civilians and cant sue the court.

-He could have started a rebellion and gathered everyone who wasn't being treated fairly and the African Americans would fight back.

-John wanted to give slaves weapons to start a slave rebellion and failed to get the weapons because southerners were scared of abolitionists and freed slaves.

-If he got the weapons he could commence the rebellion and start a war.

-Its a confederation of states and was influenced by state rights and it says states have more power than the government.

-It could have started a war because the government would want to take back the power and the states would want to keep the power.