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American slave who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the Missouri Compromise. Scott lost- the court deemed the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and made slavery legal everywhere.
Dred Scott
An argument between South Carolina and the federal government over tariffs.
Nullification Crisis
The United States admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to keep the votes in the Senate balanced.
Missouri Compromise
Means government by the consent of the people. It is up to the state's population to decide whether to allow slavery, rather than the federal government.
Popular Sovereignty
A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery. Arguments and fights broke out in Kansas, giving it the nickname "Bleeding Kansas".
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The movement concentrated on ending slavery in the United States.
Abolitionist Movement
A presidential election that pitted Abraham Lincoln (Republican) against Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). The main issue of the election was the debate over the expansion of slavery. Lincoln won and then South Carolina seceded.
Presidential Election of 1860
Admitted California as a free state and then passed the Fugitive Slave Act. Allowed for popular sovereignty in most other states added.
Compromise of 1850
To not follow a federal law.
Nullification