We the People of the United States in order to form a more perfect Union

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We the People of the United States in order to
form a more perfect Union
presented by Dr. Tommy Stringer
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Bundle of Compromises
Constitutional Convention 1787

• Presidential Compromises
• Congressional Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Slavery Compromise

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Missouri Compromise

• Tallmadge Amendment
• Missouri Slave State
• Maine Free State
• 36/30
• A firebell in the night Thomas Jefferson

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The Tariff Issue

• Tariff of Abominations of 1828
• John C. Calhouns South Carolina Exposition and
  doctrine of nullification
• Compromise Tariff of 1833

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Nat Turner Insurrection
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William Lloyd Garrison
The Liberator Voice of the Abolitionists
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Thomas Dew Review
Slavery as Positive Good

• Constitutional Argument
• Biblical Argument
• Historical Argument
• Economic Argument

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Mexican Cession
Will Slavery Expand as the Nation Expands?

• Wilmot Proviso
• Federal protection of slave owners and their
  property in all territories
• Popular Sovereignty
• Extend Missouri Compromise line (36/30) to
  Pacific Ocean

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Compromise of 1850

• California admitted as free state
• Texas boundary redrawn with Texas compensated
• Abolish slave trade (not slavery) in D.C.
• Popular Sovereignty for new territories
• Fugitive Slave law

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1850s Decade of Turmoil
1852 Publication of Uncle Toms
Cabin 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Republican Party
established 1855 Brooks-Sumner
Altercation 1857 Dred Scott Decision 1858 Lincol
n Douglas Debates 1859 John Browns raid at
Harpers Ferry 1860 Lincoln elected
President South Carolina secedes Crittenden
Compromise
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1861
Jan-Feb 6 remaining states of lower South
secede February Confederate government
organized March Lincoln inaugurated as
President April Confederates attack Fort
Sumter. 4 slave states from Upper South
secede July 1st Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
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Changes the War Brought to the More Perfect
Union

• Political Changes
• Economic Changes
• Social Changes

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We the People of the United States in order to
form a more perfect Union
presented by Dr. Tommy Stringer