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The Road to the Civil War

The Road to the Civil War. 17-3, 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3. Slavery Enters Politics. Silence on the issue of slavery Abolitionists broke the silence n the 1840s Would new lands be free or slave?. Debate over Slavery. South. North. Said South was poorer because in the North labor was free.

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The Road to the Civil War

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  1. The Road to the Civil War 17-3, 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3

  2. Slavery Enters Politics • Silence on the issue of slavery • Abolitionists broke the silence n the 1840s • Would new lands be free or slave?

  3. Debate over Slavery South North Said South was poorer because in the North labor was free • John C. Calhoun • Supported slavery • Said slaves were better off than northern factory workers

  4. 1846 – The Wilmot Proviso • Proposed by David Wilmot in the House • Forbade slavery in lands won from Mexico • Defeated in the Senate

  5. The Free Soilers • Defended rights of free white workers • Became involved in politics • Wanted new states and territories to be free soil

  6. The Election of 1848 • Democrats nominated Lewis Cass • Whigs nominated Zachary Taylor • New party, Free Soil Party, nominated Martin Van Buren • Taylor won

  7. Gold Rush • Gold was discovered in CA in 1848 • Miners rushed to CA in 1849 – called “Forty-niners” • Needed a government because of growing population • CA constitution forbade slavery

  8. Compromise of 1850 • CA admitted to Union as a free state • No restriction on slavery in land won from Mexico • End slave trade in DC • Fugitive Slave Law – federal authorities help slave-holders capture runaway slaves • Congress declared it had no power to interfere with the interstate slave trade

  9. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Showed how slavery hurt the family • Helped people feel the fears and pains of slaves • Attacked Fugitive Slave Law

  10. Personal Liberty Laws • Passed by Vermont • Helped accused slaves obtain a lawyer • Made it illegal to use state or local jails to hold them • Some charged with kidnapping and false arrest any Southern slaveholders who entered free territory in search of slaves

  11. The Kansas-Nebraska Act • Introduced by Stephen Douglas in 1854 • Organize 2 territories, Kansas and Nebraska • Should be admitted as free according to Missouri Compromise • Proposed to be admitted under popular sovereignty • Why?

  12. The Election of 1856

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