Civil War Review 1

a movement West in search of jobs and land, caused debate of expansion of slavery

Missouri entered the U.S. as a slave state, Maine entered the U.S. as a free state, line drawn across 36°30´ latitude to predetermine if future states would be slave or free

a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws, caused by protective tariff that raised prices in the South

a tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods

South Carolina Senator and Vice President who was an advocate for states' rights and was a leader in the Nullification Crisis

President of the United States who objected to the ideas of nullification and states' rights

pamphlet written by John C. Calhoun who claimed it was a state's right to call a state convention to nullify an unconstitutional law

belief that if a law is unconstitutional then a state may nullify it, idea threatened the unity of the United States

South Carolina Party that wanted to nullify the tariffs

Southerners who remained loyal to the union during the Civil War

authorized President Jackson to use the Army and Navy to collect duties on the Tariff of 1828 from the Southern states

War between the United States and Mexico that led to further westward expansion and debate about adding slave states

(1) California admitted as free state, (2) New territories determine if they want slavery by popular sovereignty, (3) slave trade abolished in D.C., and (4) new Fugitive Slave Law

law that provided for the return of escaped slaves with the help of the government

author of Uncle Tom's Cabin