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The 1850s:

The 1850s:. Road to Secession. Missouri Compromise. Mexican Cession. Polk = $2 million in “negotiation fees” 1st term Rep., David Wilmot (Penn) adds a “proviso” No slavery or servitude can be in the territory NW Ordinance copy Polk = spread Missouri Comp. line through territory .

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The 1850s:

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  1. The 1850s: Road to Secession

  2. Missouri Compromise

  3. Mexican Cession • Polk = $2 million in “negotiation fees” • 1st term Rep., David Wilmot (Penn) adds a “proviso” • No slavery or servitude can be in the territory • NW Ordinance copy • Polk = spread Missouri Comp. line through territory

  4. Cass Amendment • Senator Lewis Cass (Mich) • Congress has no authority to impose settlement • Let popular will choose • Popular Sovereignty • Republican virtue

  5. Election of 1848 • Democrats split = Nominate Lewis Cass • Free-Soil Party (Democrats) = Martin Van Buren • Whigs = Zachary Taylor (No platform)

  6. Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850 • California statehood = Gold rush • Southern “fire-eaters” threateningsecession. • Calling for Conventions • Underground RR & fugitive slave issues

  7. Parts of the Compromise of 1850 • *Henry Clay was a key figure but he couldn’t get it done • All or nothing = Nothing • 1. Admission of California as a free state • Already in Calif. Constitution • 2. Remaining western territories organized with no restriction on slavery (NM & Utah) • 3. End of all slave trade in the District of Columbia • 4. Strict federal fugitive slave law • 5. Assumption of Texas' debt by the national government

  8. Compromise of 1850

  9. The “Know-Nothings” [a.k.a. The American Party] • Nativists. • Anti-Catholics. • Anti-immigrants. 1849  Secret Order of the Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.

  10. 1852 Presidential Election √Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil

  11. 1852Election Results

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