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From Division to Conflict: The Impact of Compromises on the North-South Civil War Divide

Discover how the divide between North and South spiraled into the Civil War and examine pivotal compromises like the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850. Explore the clash between states' rights and federal power, abolitionist movements, and the tumultuous events leading to "Bleeding Kansas." Learn how the Kansas-Nebraska Act upended the Missouri Compromise and delve into the violent clashes and political tensions that fueled the march towards war.

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From Division to Conflict: The Impact of Compromises on the North-South Civil War Divide

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  1. Attempting Compromise • How did the divide between North and South turn into a Civil War? TO THIS? FROM THIS?

  2. As the territory of the United States expanded across the continent, would new states become slave states – or free? ?

  3. KEY CONCEPTS & VOCABULARY • States’ Rights • Would the North or the South want states to have the POWER to make this decision? • Federal Power • Would the North or the South want the federal government to have the POWER to make this decision?

  4. What did abolitionists want?

  5. United States, 1819 • The number of slave-states equaled the number of free states. • Would the new states in the Louisiana Territory be allowed to have slavery? What would be a good COMPROMISE for this situation?

  6. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 quieted the slavery debate for a while

  7. Missouri Compromise 11 Free States & 11 Slaves states Goal was to keep the balance of power between free & slave states equal. Missouri  Slave Maine  Free Slavery banned above the MC Line

  8. Compromise of 1850 • California “free state”. BUT • North  Fugitive Slave Act • Required them to return runaway slaves to their owners • These helped push for Black Codes  Control slaves by: • Banning gathering in large groups, • Permission passes to leave land, and • Read/write is a crime

  9. The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) created two new territories • The act left it up to settlers to decide vote whether to become slave states or free states • This is called “Popular Sovereignty”

  10. “Popular Sovereignty” What do you think happened?

  11. “Bleeding Kansas” • Northern and Southern settlers both flooded into Kansas • Supporters of slavery invaded an abolitionist town, burned a hotel, looted home and destroyed newspaper presses • Anti-slavery forces retaliated. Led by John Brown, they invaded a pro-slavery town, dragged five men from their homes killed them

  12. Violence in Congress • Southerners were outraged by a speech Senator Sumner made criticizing Southern congressmen for supporting the Kansas- Nebraska Act • Rep. Preston Brooks savagely beat Sumner with a cane to defend Southern honor The beating was so bad that the cane broke and it took 3 ½ years for Sumner to recover

  13. Bell Work Missouri Comprise stated all new territories above the MC Line would ban slavery, while the Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that the territories had the right to Popular Sovereignty (people decide/rule). In your own words explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) cross-cancelled the Missouri Compromise (1820).

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