Slavery Compromises - History
- moved in gangs armed with guns - in 1855 a pro-slavery legislature was voted into office after thousands of people from neighboring Missouri crossed into Kansas just to vote
Boarder Ruffians
- no, i do not think the Missouri compromise will last because people started to realize slaves are not okay
Do you think the Missouri compromise will last?
- made everyone help catch slaves - anyone who did not help could be thrown in jail
Fugitive slave act of 1850
- She presented the book by having a kind man who was a slave and a horrible slave owner in the book. The kind man refused an order from the slave owner and the slave owner whipped the kind man to death.
How did Harriet beecher stowe present slavery in uncle tom's cabin?
- it's because they let the people who lived their decide whether the states would become free or slave
How did the Kansas-Nebraska act change the amount of territory open to slavery?
- New mexico was bound to be a slave state. Allowing california and new mexico to become a free state.
How did the mexican cession impact politics about slavery?
They became angry because they thought that was the reality
How did the northerners react to the novel?
- letting the people decide
Popular Sovereignty
- CA, Iowa, Wisconnsin, illinois, indiana, missouri, ohio, pennsylvania, new york, vermont, new hemsphire, massachusetts, conneticut, new jersey, rhode island, maine
What New free states entered the union between 1820 and 1854?
It made everyone help catch slaves. Anyone who did not help, would be thrown into jail
What did the fugitive slave law say?
A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding.
What is a fugitive?
- 36 30'N
What line separated free from slave states?
- Senator Henry Clay
Who created the Missouri Compromise?
She published the book to show the horrors of slavery and the fugitive law.
Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's cabin?
- keeping the balance of power in the senate
Why did free states like the missouri compromise?
- they liked it because Missouri added to the slave states
Why did slave states like the Missouri compromise?
They disliked the book because they said that's not how slavery was.
Why did southerners dislike book?
It was because the north didn't agree with the fugitive slave law act and the south thought the compromise of 1850 would help.
Why did the north and south each become angry?
It could fail because it would be hard to abolish the slave trade in washington DC.
Why do you think the compromise of 1850 could fail?
- it was because Missouri's admission into the union threatened to tear apart the nation
Why was Missouri's statehood so controversial?
They had strict anti-slave law to stop slave labor in the mines. And there were no future states to balance out california.
Why were southerners worried about california's entry into the union?
They started caring because of the fugitive slave law act.
Why would a northerner who maybe didn't care about slavery start caring?
It was not fair because they made the slaves work. Those people are like everyone else. It doesn't matter about the color of their skin.
do you think the fugitive slave law was fair?
William clay and Stephen Douglas
who created the compromise of 1850
Southerners wanted tougher laws to make northerners help return fugitive slaves.
why did southerners want a tougher fugitve slave?
a slave market opened very near the Capitol Building that housed Congress. Abolitionists thought this was disgraceful and a terrible symbol to the world.
why were abolionists worried about the slave rade in washington DC?
If they could not have their slaves, they would no longer be part of the United States.
why were southern states willing to secede from the union?