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SLAVERY AND THE WEST: Should slavery be allowed to expand??

SLAVERY AND THE WEST: Should slavery be allowed to expand??. The United States In 1860 (Just Before The Civil War). Slide #2: Important Vocabulary. Slave State : A state that allowed slavery Free State : A state that did not allow slavery

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SLAVERY AND THE WEST: Should slavery be allowed to expand??

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  1. SLAVERY AND THE WEST: Should slavery be allowed to expand?? The United States In 1860 (Just Before The Civil War)

  2. Slide #2: Important Vocabulary • Slave State: A state that allowed slavery • Free State: A state that did not allow slavery • Compromise: A solutionwhere both sides agreeto give up something in order to reach an agreement • Popular Sovereignty: allowing the peopleto have the powerto decide whether or not a territoryshould allow slavery

  3. Slide #3: The Missouri Compromise (1820) • Missouri asks to join the U.S.as a slavestate • Senator Henry Clay comes up with a compromise: - Add Missouri as a slave stateAND Maine as a free state - Draw a line in the Louisiana Purchase, and allow no more slavery Northof that line

  4. Slide #3: The Missouri Compromise (1820) Answer The Question Below On Packet Page 25 • Food for Thought: Why would it be important for there to be an equal number of free states and slave states?

  5. Northerners: - Happy that slavestateswill not outnumber free states - Happy that slaverybanned (made illegal) in most of the Louisiana Purchase -Worried that the number of slave states is growing Southerners: - Happy that Missouri will be a slave state -Worried that Northernersmade such a big deal out of adding a slave state Worried Slide #4: Reaction to the MO Compromise

  6. Slide #5: Compromise of 1850 • California asks to join the U.S. as a free stateonce population grew due to Gold Rush • No new slave statesare ready to join the U.S. • Senator Henry Clay comes up with another compromise: 1. Add California as a free state 2. Open the rest of the land won during the Mexican War to popular sovereignty 3. End the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 4. Pass a new, stricter Fugitive Slave Law(required all escaped/runawayslaves to be returned to their plantations)

  7. Slide #6: Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • Northern part of Louisiana Purchase almost ready to enter the U.S. as states • These new states will be freestates, giving the free states even more power • Senator Stephen Douglas comes up with a compromise: - Open the entireLouisiana Purchase to popular sovereignty

  8. Slide #7: Reactions to the Compromise of 1850 & Kansas-Nebraska Act Draw A Smiley Face OrFrowny Face For The Following On Packet Page 26 NORTH SOUTH_____ • California becomes a free state ____________________________________________________________ • Popular sovereignty in land won in Mexican War ____________________________________________________________ • No slave trade in Washington D.C. _____________________________________________ • New Fugitive Slave Law passed ____________________________________________________________ • Kansas-Nebraska Act allows slavery to spread into areas that were not allowed to have slavery

  9. Wrap-Up Answer The Following Question As Your Ticket Out At The End Of Class With the Kansas-Nebraska Act, U.S. officials decided that the settlers in new western states will vote whether or not to allow slavery. What are the potential problems that can result? Be specific.

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