Major Battles
This region had factories and industry
North
This compromise kept balance between free and slave states in 1820
Missouri Compromise
The main question about new territories
Will slavery be allowed in new territories?
Crisis where South Carolina tried to ignore federal law
Nullification Crisis
Laws requiring return of escaped slaves
Fugitive Slave Laws
This region relied on plantations and slave labor
South
This law allowed California to enter as a free state
Compromise of 1850
Whether slavery should expand west
Expansion of slavery
The belief states can ignore federal laws
States’ rights
Effect these laws had on abolitionists
Made abolitionists more angry and active
This region focused on expansion and farming opportunities
West
This act allowed popular sovereignty in new territories
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who should decide slavery in territories
The people (popular sovereignty)
What Southern states eventually did
Secession
Why abolition movement grew
Harsh slavery laws and moral opposition
Geographic feature common in the North
Rivers, harbors, and natural resources
This law angered Northerners by requiring return of escaped slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
The idea of popular sovereignty
People vote to decide slavery
Conflict over tariffs and power
Tariffs
How the North reacted to slavery laws
Many Northerners opposed slavery more strongly
Economic difference between North and South
North = industry/factories; South = agriculture/slavery
These laws all tried to solve this issue
Whether slavery would be allowed in new territories
Why this issue caused division
It divided North and South
Main cause of sectionalism
Differences over slavery
Long-term effect on the country
Increased sectional tension leading to war