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Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854

Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854. Chapter 18. United States in 1848. The California Gold Rush Gold Mines. Harriett Tubman Underground Railroad. Underground Railroad. Compromise of 1850. Henry Clay “ T he Great Compromiser” Negotiating the Compromise of 1850.

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Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854

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  1. Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848-1854 Chapter 18

  2. United States in 1848

  3. The California Gold RushGold Mines

  4. Harriett TubmanUnderground Railroad

  5. Underground Railroad

  6. Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay “The Great Compromiser” Negotiating the Compromise of 1850

  7. Sectional Giants Henry Clay, KY 1777- 1852 (73) John C. Calhoun, SC 1782-1850 (68) Daniel Webster, MA 1782-1852 (70)

  8. Compromise of 1850 Popular sovereignty • California admitted as freestate • Texas received $10 million for territory to become New Mexico • New Mexico, Utah open to slavery on the basis of • Popular sovereignty • People of a territory determine the status of slavery • Self-determination • Strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law • Outlawed slave trade in DC Henry Clay, 73

  9. Fugitive Slave Law 1850 • Bloodhound Bill • Required federal marshals to assist in capturing runaway slaves • Free blacks in the North could be accused and sent to the South • Fleeing slaves • Could not testify in their own behalf • Denied a jury trial • Illegal to hide runaway slaves • Liable to heavy fines and jail sentences • Results • Southerners saw defiance of the law as a violation of their property rights • Hurt the South’s position • Northerners defied the law • Spirit of antagonism against the South awakens

  10. The United States in 1848

  11. Evolution of Major Political Parties

  12. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 • U.S. and Mexico • American title to Texas • Mexico yielded enormous area stretching westward to • Oregon • California • the Pacific • U.S. paid $15 million for the land

  13. Missouri Compromise 1820-1821

  14. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

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