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7. Conflicts over slavery and CompromisesSlavery in Louisiana Purchase?Manifest Destiny---1840 to 1850
President James K. Polk—1845 to 1849Oregon Territory---1846 Texas Statehood--1845Mexican War---1846 to 1848
US acquired the Mexican CessionTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo—1848
Slavery in the Mexican Cession?Compromise of 1850
Calif. Admitted as a free stateCreate 2 new territories = Popular Popular SovereigntySovereignty•SouthSouth: Enforce the Fugitive Slave Law•North:North: stop the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
Notes 3
•Gadsden Purchase----1853•Kansas-Nebraska Act----1854
•Stephen Douglas---build railroad in the North
•Organize Kansas and Nebraska Territory and open it up to Popular Sovereignty
•Effects•Abolitionists against it•Ruined the Missouri Compromise •led to violence----Bleeding Kansas---1856•Republican Party---1856---political party organized to stop the expansion of slavery
notes 4
notes 58. Judicial Arguments•Dred Scott—1857-----slave sued for his freedom
•Supreme Court Decision•Constitution did not apply to slaves•Legalized slavery in the U.S.•All compromises were unconstitutional
9. John Brown’s Raid---1859Harper’s Ferry
ReactionsNorth---martyr for the abolitionist causeSouth---no other choice but secede
12. Election of 1860Lincoln wins election
South Carolina secedes from the U.S., Dec of 1860.10 other Southern States would secede in 1861
formed the CSA---Confederate States of America
Why?
notes 6
Missouri Comp
Texas War of Independence
Americans Americans began moving began moving into Texas in into Texas in the 1820’s the 1820’s
and brought and brought their slaves their slaves with them. with them.
War fought War fought by Texans by Texans
against against Mexico Mexico
because they because they believed their believed their
rights had rights had been violatedbeen violated..
Won by Won by Texans in Texans in 1836 and 1836 and
requests to requests to enter the U.S.enter the U.S.
President President Jackson and Jackson and Van Buren Van Buren refused to refused to recognize recognize
Texas Texas statehood statehood because of because of
slavery.slavery.Texas
became its own country
with Sam Houston
president, 1836 to 1845.Mexico never Mexico never
recognized recognized the the
independence independence of Texas.of Texas.
Texas War of Independence
Texas War of Independence1
Texas entered as a U.S. state
in 1845.Mexico vowed if
Texas became
part of the U.S., this would be an act of
war.One cause of the war
with Mexico in 1846.
Picture/Polk
•James K. Polk, Democrat• President from 1845 to
1849•Responsible for the
Manifest Destiny•Expansionist
•Acquired the Oregon Territory from Great
Britain in 1846•54’, 40’ or Fight
•49th Parallel•Mexican War acquired Mexican Mexican War acquired Mexican Cession and completed U.S. control of Cession and completed U.S. control of
the continent from ocean to oceanthe continent from ocean to ocean
Oregon dispute
•Treaty with Treaty with Great Britain in Great Britain in 18461846
•President President Polk campaign Polk campaign slogan was slogan was 54,40 or fight…54,40 or fight…
•Compromised Compromised with British with British and divided and divided the Oregon the Oregon Country at the Country at the 4949thth parallel parallel
Picture/
M.Destiny
•American American belief that belief that U.S. would U.S. would control the control the
continent from continent from the Atlantic to the Atlantic to
the Pacific.the Pacific.
KEY EVENTSKEY EVENTS•Texas
statehood•Oregon territory
•Mexican War•Mexican Cession
•American American belief that belief that U.S. would U.S. would control the control the
continent from continent from the Atlantic to the Atlantic to
the Pacific.the Pacific.
KEY EVENTSKEY EVENTS•Texas
statehood•Oregon territory
•Mexican War•Mexican Cession
Picture/
M.Destiny
KEY EVENTSKEY EVENTS
•Pioneers TrekWest
•California trail
•Oregon trail•Mormon’s
trail•Gold
discovered•Gold Rush
KEY EVENTSKEY EVENTS
•Pioneers TrekWest
•California trail
•Oregon trail•Mormon’s
trail•Gold
discovered•Gold Rush
Picture/
M.Destiny
KEY EVENTSKEY EVENTS•Californiastatehood•Donner
Party•40 mile desert
•Ragtown•Genoa
KEY EVENTSKEY EVENTS•Californiastatehood•Donner
Party•40 mile desert
•Ragtown•Genoa
Trails
Mexican War
Long Term CausesLong Term Causes•Manifest Destiny
•California
Immediate CausesImmediate Causes•Texas statehood, 1845•Mexico refusing to sell
California•Border dispute
EffectsEffects•US receives Mexican Cession
•Disputes over expansion of slavery will lead to the Civil
War
Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo•Mexico ceded the Mexican Mexico ceded the Mexican
Cession to U.S.Cession to U.S.•Rio Grande River boundary Rio Grande River boundary
between U.S. and Mexicobetween U.S. and Mexico•U.S. paid Mexico $15 million U.S. paid Mexico $15 million
Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo•Mexico ceded the Mexican Mexico ceded the Mexican
Cession to U.S.Cession to U.S.•Rio Grande River boundary Rio Grande River boundary
between U.S. and Mexicobetween U.S. and Mexico•U.S. paid Mexico $15 million U.S. paid Mexico $15 million
Map expansion
Most intense debate in U.S. HistoryMost intense debate in U.S. History•John C. CalhounJohn C. Calhoun•North should honor the Constitution and enforce the Fugitive Slave Law•South wanted California•threatened to secede from U.S.•U.S. should have two Presidents---one from the North and one for the South
Comp of 1850
•Daniel WebsterDaniel Webster•Secession is impractical & impossible•How would we split the land? •The military?•Compromise at all cost•Preserve the Union
•Henry ClayHenry Clay•The Great Compromiser, with
John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster and Stephen Douglas, propose
this compromise.
•U.S. Senator from the state of U.S. Senator from the state of IllinoisIllinois
•Solve the slavery issue was Solve the slavery issue was through through Popular SovereigntyPopular Sovereignty
•let the people in each territory let the people in each territory decide through the process of decide through the process of voting whether they want slavery voting whether they want slavery or not.or not.
•Along with Henry Clay, Daniel Along with Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun Webster and John C. Calhoun they proposed the they proposed the Compromise Compromise of 1850of 1850
•Calif. A free stateCalif. A free state
•enforce Fugitive Slave Lawenforce Fugitive Slave Law
•Popular SovereigntyPopular Sovereignty
•stop slave trade in Washington, stop slave trade in Washington, D.C.D.C.Picture/S.Douglas
Map Comp of 1850
Popular Popular SovereigntySovereignty
Allow the people in a territory to vote on whether
they want slavery to exist or not in their
state.
ABOLITIONISTS RESPOND
Denounced by Abolitionists
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s, Uncle Tom’s
Cabin is published
Abolitionists refuse to enforce the law
Underground Railroad becomes more active
RESPONSE BY ABOLITIONISTSRESPONSE BY ABOLITIONISTS“An immoral law makes it a man’s duty to break it, at every hazard. For
virtue is the very self of every man. It is therefore a principle of law that an immoral contract is void, and that an immoral statute is void. The Fugitive
Slave Law is a statute which enacts the crime of kidnapping, a crime on one footing with arson and murder. A man’s right to liberty is as
inalienable as his right to life……” Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson
“3 millions of the American people are crushed under the American Union! The government gives them no protection– the government is their enemy, the government keeps them in chains! The Union which grinds them to the
dust rests upon us, and with them we will struggle to overthrow it! The Constitution which subjects them to hopeless bondage is one that we
cannot swear to support. Our motto is, ‘No Union with Slaveholders’….We separate from them, to clear our skirts of innocent blood….and to hasten the downfall of slavery in America, and throughout the world!” William William
Lloyd GarrisonLloyd Garrison
Fugitive Slave Law
SOUTHERNERS SOUTHERNERS RESPONDRESPOND
Southerners Southerners threatened secession threatened secession
and warand warBelieved it should be Believed it should be enforced because the enforced because the Constitution protects Constitution protects property and Federal property and Federal law is over State law.law is over State law.
55thth Amendment AmendmentSupremacy ClauseSupremacy Clause
Map expansion
•Build a transcontinental Build a transcontinental connecting California to the connecting California to the East Coast either in the East Coast either in the South or NorthSouth or North
•Stephen Douglas wanted Stephen Douglas wanted the railroad built in the North the railroad built in the North but had to convince the but had to convince the South otherwise.South otherwise.
•Proposed a plan that Proposed a plan that Kansas and Nebraska Kansas and Nebraska territories be opened up to territories be opened up to slavery in return for building slavery in return for building the railroad in the North.the railroad in the North.
•Popular SovereigntyPopular Sovereignty
Kan. & Neb Act
Map Bleeding Kan
Attacks by free-states
Attacks by pro-slavery states
(Led by John Brown)
•Kansas/Nebraska Act Kansas/Nebraska Act led to several acts of led to several acts of
violence between pro-violence between pro-slavery settlers and slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers.anti-slavery settlers.
•First violent outbreaks First violent outbreaks between north/south.between north/south.
•First battles of the Civil First battles of the Civil War begin in Kansas in War begin in Kansas in
1856.1856.
•Over 200 killedOver 200 killed
Bleeding Kan
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, the Kansas territory became a battleground. Pro-slavery and antislavery supporters rushed to settle in Kansas. The territory was torn by battles and massacres. The issue also bitterly divided the nation and led to the formation of the Republican Party. The first shots of the Civil War were in
Bleeding Kansas.
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, the Kansas territory became a battleground. Pro-slavery and antislavery supporters rushed to settle in Kansas. The territory was torn by battles and massacres. The issue also bitterly divided the nation and led to the formation of the Republican Party. The first shots of the Civil War were in
Bleeding Kansas.
REPUBLICAN PARTYREPUBLICAN PARTY
Formed to stop Formed to stop the expansion of the expansion of slaveryslavery
National Republican National Republican which become the Whigs.which become the Whigs.
Free Soil Party Free Soil Party against the against the expansion of expansion of slaveryslavery
Democrats Democrats opposed the opposed the expansion of expansion of slaveryslavery
AbolitionistsAbolitionists
Chart/Rep. Party
Know Nothing PartyKnow Nothing Party
against immigrationagainst immigration
Map Kan/Neb Act
Popular Popular SovereigntySovereignty
Allow the people in a territory to vote on whether
they want slavery to exist or not in their
state.
•Slave from Missouri traveled with his owner to Illinois & Minnesota both free states.•His master died and Scott wanted to move back to Missouri---Missouri still recognized him as a slave.•He sued his master’s widow for his freedom since he had lived in a free state for a period of time.•Court case went to the Supreme Court for a decision-----National issue
•Can a slave sue for his freedom?•Is a slave property?•Is slavery legal?
Picture/Dred Scott
Chart/Effect of Scott
•Supreme Court hands down the Dred Scott
decision
•North refused to enforce Fugitive Slave Law
•Free states pass personal liberty laws.
•Republicans claim the decision is not binding
•Southerners call on the North to accept the decision if the South is to remain in
the Union.
•Slaves cannot sue the U.S. for their freedom because they are property.
•They are not citizens and have no legal right under the
Constitution.•Supreme Court
legalized slavery by saying that
•Congress could not stop a slaveowner from moving his slaves to a new
territory•Missouri
Compromise and all other compromises
were unconstitutional
Reading/Scott decision
““They had (slaves) for more than a century before They had (slaves) for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order; and been regarded as beings of an inferior order; and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect. This opinion was at man was bound to respect. This opinion was at
that time fixed and universal in the civilized that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race.”portion of the white race.”
Chief Justice Roger B.Taney (1777 to 1864) in the case of Dred Scott
referred to the status of slaves when the Constitution was adopted.
•Violent abolitionist
•Involved in the Bleeding Kansas
•Murdered 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas
•Wanted to lead a slave revolt throughout the South by raising an army of freed slaves and destroying the South.
Picture/J.Brown
•Attacked a U.S. Ammunition
depot in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in Oct.
of 1859 to capture
weapons and begin his slave
revolt.
Picture/J.Brown
•Unsuccessful and captured by USMC under the leadership of Robert E. Lee
•Put on trial for treason. Picture/J.Brown
•He was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death.
•His last words were to this effect: “I “I believe that the issue of slavery will believe that the issue of slavery will never be solved unless through the never be solved unless through the
shedding of blood.”shedding of blood.”
•Northerners thought of John Brown as a martyr to the abolitionist cause.
•Southerners were terrified that if John Brown almost got away with
this, there must be others like him in the North who are willing to die to
end slavery.
•South’s outcome: To leave the U.S. and start their own country.
Picture/J.Brown Hanging
Reading/Tubman on Brown
•Lincoln and Douglas both running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois.
•The debates were followed by the country because both candidates were interested in running for the
Presidency in 1860.•Slavery was the issue
•Lincoln stated:Lincoln stated: A House Divided against itself cannot stand. Either we become one or the other.
•was against the expansion of slavery•Douglas believed that slavery should be decided by
the people.
•Popular sovereignty Chart/L&D Debates
Lincoln got Douglas to admit that Lincoln got Douglas to admit that Popular SovereigntyPopular Sovereignty could work against the expansion of slavery….. could work against the expansion of slavery…..
SouthernersSoutherners would not support Douglas for the presidency would not support Douglas for the presidency in 1860in 1860Picture/ L&D Debates
Reading/Lincoln on slavery
Election of 1860
Country is Country is polarized polarized
(divided) over (divided) over the issue of the issue of
slavery.slavery.
Once Lincoln is elected as president,
South Carolina will secede from
the U.S. along with several
other Southern States.
They will They will form the form the
Confederate Confederate States of States of
America---CSAAmerica---CSA
•303 total electoral votes and
152 to win.
Secession