The Compromise of 1850Setting the Scene

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The Compromise of 1850TEMPERS FLARE OVER SLAVERY

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During one meeting of the Senate, an argument about admitting California as a free state became so heated, that Senator Foote pulled a pistol and pointed it at Senator Benton.

Henry Foote

Thomas Hart Benton

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The Compromise of 1850The Slavery Debate Erupts Again

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The Compromise of 1850The Slavery Debate Erupts Again

After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the U.S. added several states without much arguing (Iowa, Wisconsin, and Arkansas). California applying for statehood brought up the issue of free and slave states again.

1849

15 free

15 slave

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The Compromise of 1850California’s Impact

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The Compromise of 1850Clay vs. Calhoun

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Henry Clay tried to work out a compromise.

John C. Calhouninsisted that

slaverybe allowed in

theWest.

Clay

Calhoun

Webster

Daniel Webster asked for people to

work together to save the Union.

President Taylor supported the

expansion of slavery also.

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Daniel Webster

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Died of a complications after having a heat stroke.

John C. Calhoun

March 31, 1850

Zachary Taylor

July 9, 1850

Died of tuberculosis.

Vice President Millard Fillmore

took over as president. Unlike

Taylor, Fillmore supported

Henry Clay’s compromise plan

and worked to help get it

passed.

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Compromise

of 1850

Admitted (added)

California asa free state

Allowed New Mexico & Utah

to decide slavery using

popular sovereignty

Banned theSlave Trade inWashington,

D.C.

Added a new Fugitive Slave

Act

Settled theTexas / New

Mexicoborder dispute

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• Required citizens to help catch runaway slaves

• Citizens who allowed fugitive slaves to escape could be fined $1000 and jailed

•Set up special

courts to handle runaway slave

cases

• African-American

suspects could

not have a jury

trial

• Judges were paid

$10 to send a

runaway back to the

South and $5 to set

an African-American

free

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Part of the Compromise of 1850

• Required citizens to help catch runaway slaves

• Citizens who allowed fugitive slaves to escape could be fined $1000 and jailed

•Set up special

courts to handle runaway slave

cases

• African-American

suspects could

not have a jury

trial

• Judges were paid

$10 to send a

runaway back to the

South and $5 to set

an African-American

free

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This led to some northerners becoming Slave

Catchers!

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An AntislaveryBestseller

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An AntislaveryBestseller

A moving novel by a northerner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, about the hardships and cruelty of slavery in the South. The main character, Uncle Tom, is sold to a harsh owner, Simon Legree. When two of Legree’s slaves escape, he suspects Uncle Tom knows where they went. Legree confronts Uncle Tom trying to get to him to tell on the escaped slaves and ultimately whips him to death when Uncle Tom refuses to tell.

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Uncle Tom’s CabinNationwide Reaction

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An AntislaveryBestseller

This important novel was read by many northerners and help change the way many northerners felt about slavery. It helped the abolitionist movement to grow.

Southerners hated and criticized the book claiming that it was not what most slave owners were like.

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