warm-up sept 2 what was the cause of the compromise of 1850? what effect did it have on the nation?
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Warm-Up Sept 2
What was the cause of the Compromise of 1850?
What effect did it have on the nation?
THE POLITICS OF
SLAVERY
• sectionalism (n.) an
intense loyalty
for local interests or
concerns.
ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1820
James Monroe was president
The crisis developed when Missouri
applied for statehood in 1817. The leaders
of the Missouri territory intended it to be
slave state which aroused the anger of
politicians in the northern states.
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SOLUTION:
MISSOURI COMPROMIS
E
Maine = free
Missouri = slave
But no territory to the north of Missouri’s southern border , the 36° 30' parallel could enter the Union as a slave state.
(1820)
BUT….
The slavery issue is still
being fought
New states are being
formed
Sectionalism is increasing
DOUGHFACE PRESIDENT
S
WHAT IS A DOUGHFACE?
The term doughface came to be used generally in the 1800’s
as a negative context for a politician who was a
northerner, but sided with the south.
It was specifically used for politicians who betrayed their
region in issues of slavery.
Pres. Millard Fillmore (from New York), known as a methodical and serious.
Supported the Compromise of 1850 which angered other Northerners.
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COMPROMISE OF
1850
Texas: Slave, California: Free, California would balance TexasRest of Mexican Cession (Utah, New Mexico, AZ & Nevada) would be settled by votersFugitive Slave Law, Angered Northerners
FUGITIVE SLAVE
ACT(PART OF THE COMPROMISE
OF 1850)
mandated that states to which escaped slaves fled must return them to their masters persons who helped runaway slaves faced criminal charges
This infuriated the North!
Pres. Franklin Pierce (from New Hampshire), known as a wild-man in his young years, married a very shy woman. His three sons all died before he even became president.
Said he was anti-slavery, but sided with the Southern plantation owners.
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Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 which resulted in heavier stress and fighting between the North and South.
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Senator Stephen Douglas wanted to create the transcontinental railroad. Congress created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and and repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 . Allowed popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty (n.) : the people decide
Divided the region into two territories.
Kansas: Popular Sovereignty would decide the slave statusNebraska: Slavery was prohibited
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CIVIL WAR IN KANSAS
Many Americans crossed the border in order to influence the vote on slavery.Southern pro-slavery "border ruffians," fought heavily with northern abolitionists.Resulted in "Bleeding Kansas" ; a civil war that erupted in the new territory.
Sacking of Lawrence
May 1856, when pro-slavery activists
attacked and ransacked the town
of Lawrence, Kansas, which had
been founded by anti-
slavery settlers to help ensure
that Kansas would become
a "free state".
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POTTAWATOMIE CREEK
MASSACRE
John Brown was an American abolitionist and extremist, who felt passionately that he must personally fight to end slavery. In 1856, in retaliation for the sack of Lawrence, he and his sons led the murder of five proslavery men on the banks of the Pottawatomie River.
The sack of Lawrence and the massacre at Pottawatomie set off a brutal guerrilla war in Kansas. By the end of 1856, over 200 people would be gunned down in cold blood. Property damage reached millions of dollars. Federal troops were sent in to put down the fighting, but they were too few to have much effect. Kansas served as a small scale prelude to the bloody catastrophe that engulfed the entire nation only 5 years later.
A Congressional
committee was
established in
1856 to deal with
the problems in
Kansas.
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CANING OF SUMNER
Charles Sumner was a senator from MA and fierce critic of the Kansas-Nebraska Act May 1856, Sumner's "Crime Against Kansas" speech, was not received well by southerners.
Rep. Preston Brooks, entered the Senate chambers
and violently attacked Sumner,
beating himwith a cane.
Increased support for the
Republican Party
Republicans solidified their base by rehashing the details of the attack exhaustively in newspapers.
Increased support for the party was a direct result of the attack of Charles Sumner.
Pres. James Buchanan (from Pennsylania) was engaged to a young women who met an untimely death. Never married.
Basically did nothing when it came to slavery.
Supported the Supreme Court decision regarding Dred Scott in 1857 (which infuriated the North) and did nothing further.
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DRED SCOTT
1857
Dred Scott was a slave of an army physician who had lived in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal. Upon returning to Missouri, Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had once lived in a free territory.
In March 1857, the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott :Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories
slaves were not citizens, just property
Buchanan declared slavery a matter for individual states and
territories to decide.
As to the Supreme Court decision over Dred Scott, he
stated would settle the controversy over the spread of slavery once and for all.
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1820Missouri Compromise
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Compromise of 1850
1854 Kansas Nebraska
Act
1857Dred Scott Decision
1861Civil War
Starts
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Effect
Comp of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Case
Popular Sovereignty
Doughface Presidents
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Decision
Caused rioting and chaos when multitudes rushed Kansas border
Ineffective politics led to war
South started preparing for war
Developed prejudice between the north
and the south
Took away the power from Congress to regulate slavery.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Act
Harper’s Ferry
Popular Sovereignty