Growing Tensions Between The North And South

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Growing Tensions Between The North And South

• Disagreements between the North and South,
  especially over the issue of slavery, led to
  political conflict.

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Key Terms and Key People

• Key Terms
• Wilmot Proviso
• Free-Soil Party
• Compromise of 1850

• Key People
• Henry Clay
• Daniel Webster
• Stephen A. Douglas

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A House Divided

• North
• Industrial Economy
• Large cities with Immigrants
• Immigration to Midwest
• Railroads and canals connecting east and Midwest

• South
• Agricultural Economy
• Wealthy Planters reliant on foreign exports
• Slave supported industry/Agriculture
• Many poor small farm families

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Practice what you Preach

• The North Began to oppose slavery and led the
  Abolition Movement
• Some northerners feared that slavery would spread
  and some workers may be forced to become slaves
• Though opposed to slavery many northerners were
  racist, and afraid, of the spread of African
  culture
• The South began to defend slavery in order to
  protect the slave culture of the south

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Party TimeExcellent

• With the nation expanding the Wilmot Proviso
  tried to outlaw slavery in Mexican Territories
• The South claimed the Wilmot Proviso was
  unconstitutional because it took away their right
  to move their property to new territories
• The Wilmot Proviso would divide congress and not
  become law with a southern controlled Senate
• The Wilmot Proviso led to the Free-Soil Party
  which aimed to outlaw the expansion of slavery
  and made slavery a National Issue

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North California/South California

• When California Entered Statehood, the balance of
  slave states was put in danger
• As most People in California Opposed Slavery,
  they applied for statehood before slave owners
  could move to the state
• If California entered the Union in 1850, Free
  States would control both the House and Senate,
  putting slave states in danger of being
  overpowered

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This Guy LOVES compromise

• With Congress Divided over the issue of
  California Henry Clay would offer a compromise to
  the issue
• California would become a free state and slavery
  would be abolished in Washington DC
• Slavery laws would NOT be passed for the rest of
  Mexico and congress would pass laws making it
  easier to catch runaway slaves

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Act of Union

• Both Sides would think they gave up too much but
  most, like Daniel Webster, wanted the Union
  Preserved
• Stephen Douglas would gain enough votes to pass
  the proposal which would become the Compromise of
  1850
• This Compromise would lead to more violence in
  the Union

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