Effects / Significance Event Position of the North Position of the South Effects / Significance Key Figures Tariff Disputes Compromise Tariff of 1833 Nullification Crisis Missouri Compromise of 1820 Pg 460 Pg 460-461 Banned slavery north of 36 30 line except for MO Henry Clay State’s Rights Lincoln Jefferson Davis Wilmot Proviso 1846 Compromise of 1850 Banned slave trade in Washington California Admitted as free state New Mexico and Utah vote on slavery -Fugitive slave law Consisted of 5 parts: Andrew Jackson John C Calhoun Daniel Webster Nullification Crisis. National gov would not let the south nullify the act. South Carolina threatened to secede. wanted high tariffs to protect manufacturing against foreign markets. wanted low tariffs Agreed only because Maine was admitted as a free state Agreed because Missouri was admitted as a slave state. National govt. should have more power for State Sovereignty State govt. should have more power State sovereignty proved to be weak in the South during the war because it limited authority of the central government Believed slavery should be allowed in any territory Called for a law to ban slavery in any territories won from Mexico. Feared that the South would extend slavery into the West David Wilmot, a member of Congress from Pennsylvania

Effects / Significance Event Position of the North Position of the South Effects / Significance Key Figures Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 Pg. 465 Abolitionists Slave owners John Brown’s Raid Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Pg 466 and 467 Kansas- Nebraska Act 1854 “ John Brown Border Ruffians Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. People who let them escape would be fined $1,000 Led a raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA arsenal. Wanted to help slaves escape by giving them guns to attack their owners. Failed attempt. South realized that the north will go through lengths to stop slavery, so they began putting together an army Saw Brown as a hero and martyr John Brown Robert E Lee J.E.B. Stuart Viewed as terrorist act Abolitionist who wrote a book that depicted the harsh treatment of slavery. Opened the eyes of many, and became a political issue Bleeding Kansas” many proslavery settlers and anti-slave settlers began to attack and kill each other. Mini- Civil War Outraged because the Missouri compromise already banned slavery north of the 36 30 line They were sure slave owners would move their slaves to Kansas to vote for slavery.

Effects / Significance Event Position of the North Position of the South Effects / Significance Key Figures Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857 Pg 471 Pg. 471 Enslaved- Dred Scott Election of 1860 478 - Ft Sumter April 11, 1861 Pg 481 Supreme court ruled “slaves are property, not people” Further divided the north and south. Scott’s Lawyers argued that, because Scott had lived in a free territory, he had become a free man Rejoiced and were happy because slavery was legal in all territories. South Carolina seceded from the Union December 1860. Supported the election, they wanted to abolish slavery and preserve the Union Furious because they thought he would abolish slavery and that the south would not have any rights. Lincoln -Southern -Democrats South Carolina 1st shots of Civil War initiated by the Confederacy. Lincoln did not want Union to fire unless fired upon. Union ran out of supplies surrendered Fort Lincoln and Union Major Robert Anderson Confederate Troops Believed Fort belonged to the Federal government Could not leave the fort in Union Hands Demanded the union surrendered