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Missouri Compromise
in 1820 the missouri compromise was a compromise between pro-slavery & anti-slavery representatives
Missouri wanted to enter the nation as a slave state, but the north was concerned by the unbalance that is would cause within the senate
The Missouri compromise was one of the major causes of the civil war
the big problem happened when Missouri wanted to join the union with slavery
maine applied for statehood in 1819. This meant maine could join the union as a free state to balance out Missouri -
John C Calhoun
defended slavery
had a two point defense to defending slavery
the two points were right of a minority and it benefited all involved
had the role of moral, political, and spiritual voice of the south
never wanted the south to break away
led crusade against abolititionism and those antislavery legislatures who sought to limit the expansion of slavery
stood and read two antislavery petitions sent by abolitionist groups
warned congress if the issue is not resolved it will be a deadly conflict
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Wilmot Proviso
was a bill that proposed that in any territory that the united states gained from mexico, no slavery of any kind will exist.
Northern representatives mostly approved this amendment since they already opposed slavery, but many Southern representatives who supported for slavery, opposed it.
could be passed since more northerners favored it
rejected by the senate because more southerners were in the senate, so that meant it could not be a law
eventually went on to form a Free Soil Party, which b -
Popular Sovereighity
A pre-civil war belief giving the right of the people living in a new territory to decide by voting, whether or not slavery would be promoted there
This affected the civil war by increasing tension because people in different states were angry with other states that differed from their beliefs -
Free Soil Party
it was a small party that opposed slavery while westward expansion was present from 1848-1854
"free soil, free speech, free labor, & free men" this statement attracted small farmers and household/mill workers that were against slavery
it contributed to the civil war by causing more tension with views on slavery -
49ers
in 1848 when gold was discovered in California, thousands of people headed west hoping to become rich
by the end of 1849 more than 80,000 forty niners arrived in california for gold
because of all these people it was over the number of needed people to apply for state hood, this pushed toward whether or not california would join the union as a free state, or slave state
it contributed to the civil war because many people were expanding to california in search of gold: and it created a new state -
Kansas & Nebraska Act
repelled the Missouri compromise
The Whig part split into two groups.
The Repeal Missouri compromise: any attempt for this would divide the country
Douglas want to make the Northern Great Plain free for settlement
Nebraska: Free State
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Bleeding Kansas
The opening of Kansas as a state cause turmoil nation wide
John Brown & Abolitionist: led groups of anti slavery
Canning of Charles Summer: Preston Brooks decided to beat Charles with a cane because of he speech he gave about Anti-Slavery. Charles never fully recovered.
Brooks was held as a hero in the South, but not in the North. (south wanted slavery, north did not want slavery) -
Dred Scott Case
was a slave brought from a slave state to a free state and demanded to be free.
the court ruled that since Scott was a slave he was not a citizen so he could not sue the court.
this topped the North & South from having any chances for agreement on the issue of slavery.
made history by launching a legal battle to gain his freedom
he won his case , had his decision overturned at the supreme court level
claimed that he was no longer a slave (illinois not a slave state) -
Lincoln Douglas debates
a series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and stephan douglas
abraham lincoln was the republican candidate for the senate in illinois
democratic candidate: Douglas
both were trying for their respective parties to win control of the illinois legislature
the main theme of the debates was slavery
