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Sectionalism Conflict Intensifies

Sectionalism Conflict Intensifies . Section 1: Slavery & Western Expansion . Wilmot Proviso. Proposed by: David Wilmot (Pennsylvania) Said: “any new territory gained by the U.S. from Mexico would be neither slavery nor involuntary” No Slavery in territories gained form the Mexican War

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Sectionalism Conflict Intensifies

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  1. Sectionalism ConflictIntensifies Section 1: Slavery & Western Expansion

  2. Wilmot Proviso • Proposed by: • David Wilmot (Pennsylvania) • Said: • “any new territory gained by the U.S. from Mexico would be neither slavery nor involuntary” • No Slavery in territories gained form the Mexican War • Congress: • Never massed it

  3. Election of 1848 • Who ran: • Lewis Cass – (Democrat) • Popular Sovereignty = “Let the People Decide” • Zach Taylor – (Whig) • Avoided all issues • Martin Van Buren – (Free Soil Party) • Supported the Wilmot Proviso • Who Won: • Zach Taylor

  4. Congressional debates • California • Free or slave???????????????? • Would destroy the balance • North & South • Henry Clay - said “North & South must make concessions” • John C Calhoun – wants safeguards for South

  5. Compromise of 1850 • North • California – free state • Washington D.C. – slave trade in band • South • Popular Sovereignty in rest of land from Mexican War • Texas gets $10 million • Fugitive Slave Law

  6. Fugitive Slave Act • Said: • “Any & all runaway slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters” • Federal Commission: • Held trials: • If accused found innocent = $5.00 • If accused found guilty = $10.00

  7. Underground Railroad Was a system of secret routes And safe houses for Slaves to Escape to the free states & Canada. Lead by: Harriet Tubman

  8. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Written by: • Harriet Beecher Stowe • Purpose: • To show the Northern states how inhuman slavery was • Impact: • Sparked the Begin of the Civil War

  9. Kansas – Nebraska Act • Proposed by: • Stephen Douglas • Said: • Nebraska territory would break into 2 states(Popular Sovereignty) • Kansas – free state • Nebraska – Slave state • Missouri hated it ???????????????? • Impact: • Caused Bleeding Kansas • Southerner’s flock to Kansas to “assist” in the slave vote • Missourian's flock to Kansas to keep slavery out • 200 people die • $200 million in property was destroyed

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