Riley Cole, Nikita Fox, Audra, Arron Stevens, Drew Bragg

 North- Factories, cities, small farms, immigrant communities, no real need for slaves, more railroads, house of reps. Basis of power in congress  South- slave labor, large and small plantations, cotton is the cash crop, few immigrants, very few railroad lines, senate basis of power in congress

 Tariffs favored in the North and their manufacturing plants, it would benefit the north because natives would purchase products U.S. made for cheaper prices  The south disliked tariffs because they didn't have any interest in the north benefiting from their money

 The tariff of 1824 (35%): a tariff designed to protect American manufacturers by taxing cheaper British made goods  Tariff of 1828 (over 60%!): This tariff did the same as the last but the southern states suffered because they had to pay for expensive British goods the U.S. didn’t produce  Tariff of 1832 (~38%): This tariff reduced the current tariff tax percentage to remedy the tariff of The South was still OUTRAGED!

 The south relied on manufactured goods  Many of those goods were imported  John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition, encouraging Southern states to nullify the tariffs  South Carolina nullified the tariff of 1832 and even threatened secession, causing the “nullification crisis”  Congress passed the Compromise Tariff of 1833, South Carolina dropped its articles of nullification.  Congress also passed the Force Bill (1833), authorizing the president to use force to collect tariffs…South Carolina nullified this law!

 Clays compromise contained provisions to please both the north and the south, the compromise stated that the new state of California would be a free state to please the north and a new more effective fugitive slave law to please the south  Both Nebraska and Kansas were both legally closed to slavery but had popular sovereignty, the bill would repeal the Missouri compromise and establish popular sovereignty in the new territories

 After the Kansas-Nebraska Act the new states were being debated on if they were going to be pro or anti slavery  The new states had to be populated and voted to see if the new states would be pro or anti slavery  Some people called border ruffians would cross the border from Missouri to vote fraudulently and force the acceptance of slavery in Kansas  Violence broke out and many on both sides of the issue were killed

 Dred Scott was a slave brought from the south to the north and back to the south  Argued that because he lived in a free state for sometime he was then a free man by law  In the end they denied his freedom  The Dred Scott case overturned the Missouri Compromise.  ***Its decision meant that Congress had NO authority to regulate slavery in the territories!