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THE GATHERING STORM

THE GATHERING STORM. The Compromise of 1850. Compromise of 1850. California will be a free state New territories will vote on slavery “Popular Sovereignty”. Compromise of 1850. No slave trade in District of Columbia. Compromise of 1850 . Fugitive Slave Law: Northern states

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THE GATHERING STORM

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  1. THE GATHERING STORM

  2. The Compromise of 1850

  3. Compromise of 1850 • California will be a free state • New territories will vote on slavery • “Popular Sovereignty”

  4. Compromise of 1850 • No slave trade in District of Columbia

  5. Compromise of 1850 • Fugitive Slave Law: Northern states must help return runaway slaves

  6. Zachary Taylor (1849-50)

  7. Taylor died suddenly in the summer of 1850

  8. Millard Fillmore (1850-53) • The new president approved the Compromise.

  9. The Underground Railroad

  10. Harriet Tubman

  11. Frederick Douglass

  12. Sojourner Truth

  13. William Lloyd Garrison and “The Liberator”

  14. Abolitionists: people who wanted to outlaw slavery

  15. How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the question of slavery in the Mexican Cession territory? • Why did the Compromise make many Americans angry?

  16. What are TWO reasons why the South seceded from the United States in 1860-61? Explain!

  17. 1852: “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

  18. Harriet Beecher Stowe

  19. 1854: Kansas-Nebraska Act • Popular Sovereignty: Allowed settlers to vote on slavery

  20. Sen. Stephen Douglas

  21. “Bleeding Kansas” • Pro and anti-slavery forces fought for control of Kansas

  22. 1854: Republican Party created • It opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.

  23. 1857: Dred Scott Decision • The Supreme Court ruled that owning a slave was a legal property right. Slavery could not be outlawed.

  24. 1858: Lincoln-Douglas Debates • Democrat Stephen Douglas was running for re-election. The new Republican Party chose Abraham Lincoln to run against him.

  25. Lincoln lost the election but became famous all over the U.S. for his arguments against slavery.

  26. 1859: Raid on Harper’s Ferry • John Brown

  27. Election of 1860 • Abraham Lincoln Republican candidate

  28. After the election of Lincoln, Southern states seceded from the Union.

  29. Confederate States of America • President Jefferson Davis

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