Differences Over Slavery

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How did the spread of slavery become an issue? ,[object Object]

Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state but this would have given slave states more power than free states. ,[object Object]

What was the MISSOURI COMPROMISE? ,[object Object]

A compromise that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. A line was drawn at 36 30’N. North would be free & South would be slave. ,[object Object]

What was the WILMOT PROVISO? ,[object Object]

A plan by David Wilmot of Pennsylvania that called for the outlaw of slavery in any land won from Mexico. House passed bill but Senate defeated it. ,[object Object]

Define SECTIONALSIM. ,[object Object]

He feeling of loyalty to ones state or section instead of the whole country. ,[object Object]

Describe the FREE SOIL PARTY. ,[object Object]

“ Free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.” Opposed the spread of slavery into the territories. ,[object Object]

What is a FUGITIVE SLAVE? ,[object Object]

Escaped slaves. ,[object Object]

Describe three parts of the COMPROMISE OF 1850. ,[object Object]

1) California admitted as a free state = Free ,[object Object]

2) Rest of Mexican Cession divided into New Mexico & Utah territories. Voters would decide slaver issue by voting. ,[object Object]

3) Slave trade banned in D.C. but not between slave states. Slave Trade ,[object Object]

4) Strict fugitive slave law was passed. ,[object Object]

What was the FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW OF 1850? ,[object Object]

All citizens had to help catch runaway slaves. Anyone who helped an escaped slave could be fined $1,000 & jailed for six months. ,[object Object]

Describe the plot of UNCLE TOM’s CABIN. ,[object Object]

Kind & aging slave is sold to a cruel planter. The planter badly mistreats his slaves and eventually kills Uncle Tom. ,[object Object]

Describe the KANSAS-NEBRASKS ACT. ,[object Object]

Stephen Douglas proposed dividing the Nebraska Territory into two states, Kansas & Nebraska. ,[object Object]

The question of slavery would be decide by popular vote. Would undo the Missouri Comp because the Territory was north of 36 30’N. ,[object Object]

Democrat President Franklin Pierce helped Douglas push the act through Congress. ,[object Object]

Who was STEPHEN DOUGLAS? ,[object Object]

Democratic Senator from Illinois. Proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act. Democratic Nominee for President in 1860 vs Lincoln ,[object Object]

BLEEDING KANSAS ,[object Object]

Both Northern Abolitionist and Southern Slave owners moved to Kansas after Kansas-Nebraska Act. By 1856 over 200 people had been killed. ,[object Object]

What happened in Kansas in 1854-1856? ,[object Object]

Who was DRED SCOTT? ,[object Object]

A slave who lived in Missouri, later moved to Illinois and Wisconsin where slavery was illegal. When owner died, filed suit claiming he should be free. ,[object Object]

What did the DRED SCOTT DECISION say? ,[object Object]

Slaves were property and slavery was legal except where a state voted to ban it ,[object Object]

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