Pre-civil War Worksheets

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act/ Dred Scott Decision

• Southern secesesion

20.2 Confronting SlaveryIssue #1

• Northerners Opposed this because it would give the balance of power to the slave states

• Southerners Favored this because they would gain power in government

Issue #2

• Northerners Favored because they would have power and could stop slavery from moving west

• Southerners opposed because it would give power to the North and they could stop slavery

Missouri Compromise

•Maine becomes a free state

•Missouri becomes a slave state

•Draw a line through the middle of Louisiana Territory. North slavery prohibited. South slavery allowed

20.4 The Missouri Compromise Unravels

• Issue #1– Northerners were angered because they

didn’t want slavery in America’s capital– Southerners were Pleased because they

wanted no limitations on slavery

• Issue #2– Northerners tolerated this practice because

they felt slavery was wrong– Southerners Condemned this practice

because runaway slaves are property they are losing

20.4 The Missouri Compromise Unravels

• Issue #3– Northerners favored this amendment because they

wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery– Southerners opposed this amendment because

slave holders felt congress had no right to tell slave owners where they could take their property

• Issue #4– Northerners favored this because it would create

more free states than slave states– Southerners opposed admitting California as a free

state Because Northern states would get the balance of power

Compromise of 1850

• California admitted as a free state

• New Mexico and Utah territories were open to slavery

• The slave trade was stopped in Washington D.C.

• A Strong Fugitive slave Law was passed

20.6 Compromise Satisfies No One• Issue #1

– Northerners were dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave law was enforced because they were asked to help slave catchers and they felt slavery was wrong

– Southerners were dissatisfied with the Fugitive slave law Northerners were refusing to enforce it

• Issue #2– The book was popular in the North because it

allowed all people to see what slavery was like– The Book was Unpopular in the South because it

turned people against slavery

20.6 Compromise Satisfies No One• Issue #3

– Northerners were unhappy with the act because it overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to move to the west

– Southerners were Pleased because it allowed slavery to move into new western territories

• Issue #4– Northerners believed he was free because he lived

in a free territory– Southerners believed he was still a slave because

owners should have the right to take their slaves (property) anywhere

Kansas Nebraska act/ Dred Scott

• Kansas Nebraska Act- popular Sovereignty (Popular Vote) would decided the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska territories

• Congress cannot ban slavery in new Territories

• Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom since African Americans could not become Citizen’s

• Scott’s Stay in Wisconsin did not make him a free man because Missouri compromise was Unconstitutional

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis• Issue #1

– Lincoln, Representing the North, felt slavery was Moral issue because he felt slavery was wrong

– Douglas, Representing the south, felt slavery was a legal issue because the law said slavery was allowed

• Issue #2– Some northerners upset the South after Brown’s

said because they considered him a hero– Southerners were fearful about Brown’s raid

because it might lead to rebellions and death

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis

• Issue #3– Northerners were Happy about the election

because Lincoln was against slavery– Southerners were unhappy with the election

because the south lost their political power and Lincoln would stop slavery

Southern Secession• South Carolina and 6 other states seceded (Left)

from the Union (America)

• South Carolina Fired on Fort Sumter – (First battle of the Civil War)