Apples of Discord Pat Points The US will conquer Mexico, but it will be as the man (who) swallows arsenicMexico will poison us. The US will conquer Mexico, but it will be as the man (who) swallows arsenicMexico will poison us. Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson Standards & Essential Question SSUSH 8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and western expansion: c: Describe the nullification crisis and the emergence of states rights ideology, include the role of John C. Calhoun & development of sectionalism & e: explain the compromise of 1850 SSUSH 8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and western expansion: c: Describe the nullification crisis and the emergence of states rights ideology, include the role of John C. Calhoun & development of sectionalism & e: explain the compromise of 1850 Question: What does domestic institution of the state refer to? Why did the Missouri compromise fail? Question: What does domestic institution of the state refer to? Why did the Missouri compromise fail? Congressional debate domestic institution of the state proposing a constitutional amendment The District of Columbia Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 Interstate Commerce Act Foreign slave trade Free Soil Party Free Soil! Free Speech! Free Labor! Free Men! Barnburners discontented northern Democrats. Anti-slave members of the Liberty and Whig Parties. Opposition to the extension of slavery in the new territories! Barnburners discontented northern Democrats. Anti-slave members of the Liberty and Whig Parties. Opposition to the extension of slavery in the new territories! WHY? The Mexican Cession Upsetting the Missouri Compromise Wilmot Provisio David Wilmot John C. Calhoun Free-soil Party Election of 1848 Democrats Lewis Cass Whigs Zachary Taylor Free soil Party Martin Van Buren The 1848 Presidential Election Results California Gold Rush James Marshall Forty-niners The demand for statehood Opposition to admission GOLD! At Sutters Mill, 1848 John A. Sutter California Gold Rush, ers Two Views of San Francisco, Early 1850s By 1860, almost 300,000 people had traveled the Oregon & California Trails to the Pacific coast. Pat PointsEssential Question What were the lasting results from the CA Gold Rush? What events would be debated in Congress as a result? Which groups of people made their fortunes? What were the lasting results from the CA Gold Rush? What events would be debated in Congress as a result? Which groups of people made their fortunes? Taylors Administration California New Mexico The Great Compromiser Clays Omnibus Bill Failure Daniel Webster Fire-eaters & John C. Calhoun Fire-eaters & John C. Calhoun Compromise The death of Taylor Millard Fillmore as President The Compromise of 1850 Stephen Douglas Six components End of an era Fire-eaters & Abolitionists Northern democrats Election of 1852 Franklin Pierce President Franklin Pierce Jefferson Davis Transcontinental Railroad James Gadsden Determining a route Territorial Growth to 1853 Stephen Douglas Kansas-Nebraska territory popular-sovereignty popular-sovereignty Kansas-Nebraska Act Whigs The New Republican Party Anti- Kansas-Nebraska Transcontinental RR-Central route Homestead Act High protective tariff Liberal immigration policy