2. Contributions to Sectionalism While Northerners were anti-slavery that did not mean that they were not racist While Northerners were anti-slavery that did not mean that they were not racist Many whites in the North refused to go to school, work, or live near African Americans Many whites in the North refused to go to school, work, or live near African Americans

4. Contributions to Sectionalism Southerners claimed that slavery helped slaves by introducing them to Christianity Southerners claimed that slavery helped slaves by introducing them to Christianity They also felt that slavery provided slaves with food, clothing, and shelter throughout their lives They also felt that slavery provided slaves with food, clothing, and shelter throughout their lives Southerners felt slavery was their way of life and they were willing to defend it Southerners felt slavery was their way of life and they were willing to defend it

6. Slave Legislation Missouri Compromise (1820) Missouri Compromise (1820) Nullification Crisis (1832) Nullification Crisis (1832) Compromise of 1850 (1850) Compromise of 1850 (1850) Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

8. Missouri Compromise (1820) Dealt with the issue of slave and non-slave states Dealt with the issue of slave and non-slave states The compromise kept a balance in the senate between slave and non-slave states The compromise kept a balance in the senate between slave and non-slave states

10. Nullification Crisis (1832) Vice-President John C. Calhoun said that states should have the right to nullify, or reject, laws they feel are unconstitutional This would allow Southern states to nullify the tariffs. President Andrew Jackson did not consider nullification a right of state governments

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12. Henry David Thoreau In Thoreau’s “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” he said that citizens should refuse to pay a government tax. Thoreau felt that he should not pay since the government continued to permit injustice by fighting wars and permitting slavery

14. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau’s idea of civil disobedience influenced American society Civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. called on people to refuse to obey laws they considered unjust

16. The Compromise of 1850 The Compromise allowed California to become a state Henry Clay (Missouri Compromise 1820) helped create a plan to settle the issue