growing tensions over slavery

EQ1: HOW DID THE QUESTION OF THE ADMISSION OF NEW STATES TO THE UNION FUEL THE DEBATE OVER SLAVERY?

EQ2: HOW DID THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 AND THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT FAIL TO END CONFLICTS OVER SLAVERY?

Growing Tensions Over Slavery

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How has the U.S. changed from the first map to the second map?

How might these changes cause disagreements over slavery?

New LandIO, WiscAR, MO, TX, FL Slave statesCA, UT, NM Free statesMO line ignored

Land above MO is disputedLand below MO is not all slaveSome territories haven’t chose

Northern Extremist

Moderate Southern Extremist

Believed: Congress should prohibit the extension of slavery-slavery is wrong and must be stopped from spreading

Believed: Either A: The Missouri Compromise Line should be extended into California

orB: Each state should decide for itself whether it would become a free or a slave state (popular sovereignty)

Believed: Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories, only a duty to protect slavery there-slaves were property and their owners’ rights had to be protected.

Viewpoints on the Spread of Slavery

Act/Event Definition Northern Extremist

Southern Extremist

Wilmot Proviso

Congress ban slavery in the territory that was won during the MAW

Act/Event Definition Northern Extremist

Southern Extremist

Free Soil Party

Anti-Slavery Whigs & Democrats joined to create this party. Suggested Popular Sovereignty.

Act/Event Definition Northern Extremist

Southern Extremist

Compro-mise of 1850

Written by Henry Clay, CA became a free state, banned slavery in the capital, popular sovereignty in new territory, outlaw slave trade in D.C. and enforce the Fugitive Slave Law

Compromise of 1850

Act/Event Definition Northern Extremist

Southern Extremist

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act. Uncovered the horrors of slavery.

Harriet BeecherStowe

Act/Event Definition Northern Extremist

Southern Extremist

Kansas-Nebraska

Act

Proposed by Stephen Douglas . Wanted to allow Kansas & Nebraska to enter as states using popular sovereignty.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Open to slavery through popular sovereignty (Compromise of 1850)

Open to slavery through popular sovereignty (KS-NE Act)

Daniel Webster

What does he want to do about the spread of slavery?

Is he a Moderate, Northern Extremist, or a Southern Extremist? Why?

John C. Calhoun

What does he want to do about the spread of slavery?

Is he a Moderate, Northern Extremist, or a Southern Extremist? Why?

William Seward

What does he want to do about the spread of slavery?

Is he a Moderate, Northern Extremist, or a Southern Extremist? Why?