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From Compromise to Conflict: The Crisis Unfolds

From Compromise to Conflict: The Crisis Unfolds. TCI’s History Alive!. COMPROMISE OF 1850. California admitted as a free state New Mexico & Utah territories opened to slavery Slave trade banned in Washington, D.C. Strict Fugitive Slave Act adopted. DRED SCOTT DECISION.

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From Compromise to Conflict: The Crisis Unfolds

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  1. From Compromise to Conflict:The Crisis Unfolds TCI’s History Alive!

  2. COMPROMISE OF 1850 • California admitted as a free state • New Mexico & Utah territories opened to slavery • Slave trade banned in Washington, D.C. • Strict Fugitive Slave Act adopted

  3. DRED SCOTT DECISION • African-Americans are not citizens • Dred Scott remains a slave under Missouri law • Congress cannot ban slavery in any territory • The Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional

  4. The Election of Abraham Lincoln ↓ Southern Secession Abraham Lincoln’s Refusal to Accept Southern Secession ↓ The Civil War “preserve the Union”

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