Growing Tensions Over Slavery
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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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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 ?. Word Splash!!. Popular Sovereignty. Secession. Extremist. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
Word Splash!!
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?
