Sectionalism Becomes Reality

COMPLETE THE STUDENT SURVEY—Do not write your name on the sheet!

1. Have homework ID’s on your desk to be collected.

2. Complete the handout by reading through each presidential biography and grading them on an

A-F scale. 3. Justify your choices for each president.

New Policies

• Restroom Policy: Two passes per quarter, if you do not use them extra credit will be awarded

• Late Work Policy: Turn late work at the back table – If it is late Write “Late” at the top of the paper– If you were absent Write “absent” and the day

you were absent

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• Why was popular sovereignty liked by so many politicians?– "Let the people decide.”

Zachary Taylor

• Gen. Zachary Taylor won in 1848– no political experience "hero of Buena Vista”

– Did not address slavery

Free Soilers

• Martin Van Buren– against expansion of slavery

• The Free Soilers favored:– federal money for internal improvements– free land for settlers out west.

• Supporters:– folks upset over getting only 1/2 of Oregon– people who didn't want blacks in the new lands– northern abolitionists who didn't like slavery.

California Gold

• Sutter's Mill in 1848• 1849:"Forty-Niners"– applied to be a free state– threatened the 15-to-15

slave-to-free balance.

Expansion Strikes Again

• Slavery constantly becomes an issue because of expansion

• Complete the FIRST page of the flow chart using past notes and the textbook

According to your text…

• Complete the front of the flow chart

Compromise of 1850

• North got:– California admitted as a free state.– Texas gave up its claims to New Mexico.– The slave trade in D.C banned

Compromise of 1850

• South got:– Popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession lands.– Texas was paid $10 million for the land to New Mexico. – Fugitive Slave Law of 1850• runaway slaves weren't given "due process" rights if caught• officials were demanded to catch runaway slaves despite their

personal feelings.

– North passed: "Personal Liberty Laws"localofficials didn't have to chase and return fugitive slaves.

Franklin Pierce

• What do we think about Franklin Pierce (wins because Whigs can not unify over the slavery issue)

Connecting Coast to Coast

• Americans wanted a transcontinental railroad• Could go through north or south– South considered better: • Indian attacks could be repelled by the U.S. Army • Flat land

– Problem: a portion of the land ran through Mexico.

Gadsden Purchase

• The Gadsden Purchase$10 million

Stephen Douglas Challenges the Railroad

• Wanted the railroad up north (Chicago)• He proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act– North: transcontinental railroad moved up North– Kansas and Nebraska organized as territories.– Popular Sovereignty used in Kansas and Nebraska.

• Missouri Compromise of 1820 was repealed

Complete the flow chart