Growing Tensions Between The North And South as The Crisis Deepens

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Growing Tensions Between The North And South as
The Crisis Deepens

• 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
• Uncle Toms Cabin
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Popular Sovereignty
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Key People
• Henry Clay
• Daniel Webster
• Stephen A. Douglas
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Brown

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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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The Final Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act makes it easier to return
  runaway slaves to their former owners
• Slaves were held without trial and a federal
  commissioner ruled on each case with monetary
  rewards
• The North opposed the act as it made them help
  recapture slaves and led to free Africans being
  captured into slavery
• The presence of slave catchers made the north
  face the decision of following the act or
  breaking the law to oppose slavery

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Acting Up

• With the Fugitive Slave Act and Harriet Beecher
  Stowes Uncle Toms cabin leading to Tension, The
  Issue of Kansas and Nebraska would Bring Violence
• Stephen A. Douglas drafted a Bill to allow
  popular sovereignty decide the issue of slavery
  in the states
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri
  compromise and turn Kansas into a Battlefield

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The Civil WarA Prequel

• After the Act was passed Proslavery voters from
  Missouri illegally voted to pass slavery in
  Kansas
• Anti-slavery forces in Kansas formed their own
  government in Kansas and armed themselves
• The pro-slavery forces attacked the Anti-slavery
  government leading John Brown to Kansas
• Brown would Murder five pro-slavery people and
  led to three years of civil war in Kansas

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Main Event Fight

• When Charles Sumner delivered a speech against
  slavery in congress, pro-slavery members felt
  insulted
• Preston Brooks Would Defend his relative A. P.
  Butler by attacking Sumner with his Cane
• The Attacks in Kansas and in Congress would
  further divide the North in the South

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