The document summarizes key events and compromises related to the expansion of slavery in the United States between 1783-1860. It discusses the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act establishing popular sovereignty, the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 which further divided the North and South and ultimately led to the Civil War.

1. By: Julia Wagner

2. • Part of the Constitution
• Established in 1783
• Every five slaves equals three people
• Came abut so Constitution was ratified
• Contributed to Civil War:
– Slave didn’t count as full person
– Earliest division between North and South

3. • Passed in 1820
• Missouri Territory wanted to become a slave
state
– Cause an unbalanced Congress
• Maine eventually applied for statehood
• Maine became a free state, Missouri a slave
state

4. • Also included the Missouri Compromise Line
(36 ̊30 ’N)
• No slave states above
line and vice versa
• Contributed to Civil War:
– Showed fear of unbalance
– Showed stubbornness of North and South

5. • California became a free state
• Texas couldn’t expand into New Mexico
– Received $10 million to compensate
• Slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C.
• Contributed to Civil War by:
– Giving free states power in Congress
– Stopping the slave trade in the US

6. • Part of Compromise of 1850
• Was in favor of slavery
• Marshals must arrest all runaway slaves
• Outlined punishment for those aiding
runaways
• Contributed to War:
– Gave more authority to slave owners
– Didn’t allow for slaves to escape

7. • Passed on May 30, 1854
• Started with the formation of two territories
• Created because of slavery dispute in
territories
• Was developed after failed attempts at
territory expansion
• Act was developed by Stephen Douglas

8. • Introduced popular sovereignty
– Each state gets to decide their slavery status
• This idea overturned the Missouri
Compromise line
• Contributed to war by:
– Overturning part of Missouri Compromise
– Put less restrictions on slavery in the territories

9. • Result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• People from North and South moved to
Kansas
– Establish as a free or slave state
• On day of voting people became violent
• Contributed to war:
– First real act of violence
– Made riff larger between North and South

10. • Court case in 1857
• Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri
• Lived with owner in both Illinois and
Wisconsin
• After owners death Scott claimed to be free
– This was because he lived on “free soil”
• Became a court case in the Supreme Court

11. • Supreme Court decided against Scott
• Said no African American was a citizen
• Scott didn’t have right to come before court
• Overturned all of the Missouri Compromise
• Contributed to Civil War:
– Establishing non-citizenship for African Americans
– Court sided with South, creating greater divide

12. • 1858- leading up to Illinois Senate Election
• Stephen Douglas:
– Popular with people
– Running for re-election
– Supported compromise and popular sovereignty
• Abraham Lincoln:
– Fairly unknown
– Believed country couldn’t survive half free and half
slave
• Douglas Eventually won

13. • Four major candidates in the Election
• Divide was very much regional
– Biggest factor in division was slavery
• Democratic party eventually split
– Gave Republicans an advantage
• Lincoln ended up winning the presidency

14. Voting results of the 1860 Presidential Election

15. • Contributed to Civil War by:
– Putting an anti-slavery president in office
– Angered South and their threat of secession
– Became the final straw in the start of the war

16. Sources
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• Three-Fifths Compromise: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=306
• Missouri Compromise: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833427.html
• Mason-Dixon Picture:
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• Compromise of 1850: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html
• Fugitive Slave Act: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASfugitive.htm
• Kansas- Nebraska Act: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0827030.html
• Bleeding Kansas: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html
• Dred Scott v. Sandford: http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar09.html
• Lincoln-Douglas Debates; http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/debates.html
• Presidential Election of 1860: http://history1800s.about.com/od/presidentialcampaigns/a/1860election.htm
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