Famous People Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas Henry Clay

Slavery
The horrible and historical aspects of slavery in America

Abolitionism
Intense struggle to eradicate slavery

The Missouri Compromise
Famed agreement that brought two new states into the Union but didn't solve the slavery crisis

The Dred Scott Case
Famous slavery Supreme Court decision that cited the Missouri Compromise

The Nullification Crisis
Struggle for supremacy between the federal government and state governments

The Wilmot Proviso
1847 agreement barring slavery from the Mexican Cession territories

The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law
North and South each got something with this agreement

The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Territorial expansion plan that flatly contradicted the Missouri Compromise

Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of debates between Illinois Senate candidates that went national (Text of debates)

The Election of 1860
Lincoln's victory assured secession of Southern states