Iranian Hostage Crisis--after the US refused to hand over the Shah, the Iranians stormed the US embassy in Tehran and held the people there hostage for 444 days.
The Shah of Iran fled during the Iranian Revolution and was held safe in the US. The new government demanded the US hand him over to face trials but the US refused. This caused the Iranian rebels to storm the American Embassy and take 52 diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days.
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"establishing borders with Canada and Mexico"
There are multiple examples of how abolitionist lead to increased sectionalism
1) <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>- This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, talked about the horrible conditions of slavery in the Southern portion of the US. This was perceived as a piece of abolitionist propaganda. Southerners responded angrily to this book, as they felt it was wildly inaccurate and misrepresented Southern society.
2) Abolitionist newspapers like <em>The North Star- </em>These anti-slavery magazines talked about how slavery was an evil institution that ruined the moral character of American society. Many Southerners responded to this with their own writings and justification of slavery. A perfect example of this would be John C. Calhoun's <em>Slavery, A Positive Good. </em>
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The issues of taxation and representation raised by the Stamp Act strained relations with the colonies to the point that, 10 years later, the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British.
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