1857+G

Lecompton Constitution- Argument for Kansas to become a Slave State. Stephen Douglas, a democrat, went against mainstream Democrat views and opposed this. Many historians say this is one of the key reasons why he eventually lost the presidential election. The Lecompton Constitution did not pass.

 Impending Crisis of the South was a threat to the southern lifestyle led to more sectional political differences


 * 1857

The Dred Scott Case - Dred Scott v. Sanford - US Supreme Court ruled that the African Americans were properties, and even when they were freed, they were not citizens of the nation. - The Court sided with border ruffians in the Bleeding kansas dispute who were afriad a free Kansas would eventually become a haven for runaway slaves from Missouri. - Missouri Compromise (1820) was claimed unconstitutional