STAAR Review PowerPoint

1. STAAR Review PowerPoint By TyashaRayfield Takeba Dowden David Flores Domingo Simon

2. Fugitive Slave Act • It was part of the group of laws refereed to as the “Compromise of 1850”. Any persons aiding a runaway slave by providing shelter, food, or any other form of assistance was liable to six months imprisonment s and a $500.00 fine. The law was opposed in many Northern States. • Milliard Ford • John P Hale • Charles Sumner • Salmon Chase • Benjamin Wade Made it much harder for slaves to gain Freedom

3. Missouri Compromise • The effort to pressure the balance of power in congress between slave states and free states was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state • Prohibited Slavery in Louisiana Territory • Made Maine 23rd State And Missouri 24th

4. Compromise Of 1850 • The Compromise of 1850, also known as the Omnibus Bill, was a program of legislative measures enacted by Congress to reconcile the differences existing between the North and South concerning the issue of Slavery in newly formed Territories of the United States. • Henry Clay • John C Calhoun • Daniel Webster • Delayed Civil War For A Decade

5. Kansas-Nebraska Act • It repealed Missouri Compromise allowing Slavery in the territory north of 36 degrees 30 latitude . It Stipulated that the issue of Slavery would be decided by residents of each territory . • Senator Stephen Douglas Of Illinois It gave residents the choice to deside weather the area became a free state or a slave state. Violence errupted Known as “Bleeding Kansas”. The Cnflict Accomplished the political polarization.