A DIVIDED NATIONChapter 20

20.2 Confronting the Issue of SlaveryIssue 1: Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state.Northerners opposed/favored this because…

Southerners opposed/favored this because…

20.2 Confronting the Issue of SlaveryIssue 1: Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state.Northerners opposed/favored this because it would upset the balance of free & slave states in the Senate.

Southerners opposed/favored this because there would be more slave states than free states in the Senate.

20.2 Confronting the Issue of SlaveryIssue 2: The Tallmadge Amendment proposed that Missouri be admitted as a free state.Northerners favored/opposed this because…

Southerners favored/opposed this because…

20.2 Confronting the Issue of SlaveryPart 1: The Tallmadge Amendment proposed that Missouri be admitted as a free state.Northerners favored/opposed this because it would stop the spread of slavery into the Louisiana Territory.

Southerners favored/opposed this because if Missouri were admitted as a free state, the North would have the votes in Congress to end slavery.

What actually happened?

• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.• Maine entered the Union as a free state.• Congress drew a line at the 36° 30’ across the Louisiana Territory. Slavery was permitted south of that line & prohibited north of it.

20.3 The Missouri Compromise

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 1: Abolitionists wanted to stop slavery in Washington, D.C., but Congress refused to consider anti-slavery petitions. Northern abolitionists were pleased/angered because…

Southerners were pleased/angered because…

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 1: Abolitionists wanted to stop slavery in Washington, D.C., but Congress refused to consider anti-slavery petitions. Northern abolitionists were pleased/angered because they wanted Congress to outlaw slavery in the capital.

Southerners were pleased/angered because the South wanted no limitations placed on slavery.

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 2: Some Northerners assisted fugitive slaves.

Northerners tolerated/condemned this practice because…

Southerners tolerated/condemned this practice because…

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 2: Some Northerners assisted fugitive slaves.

Northerners tolerated/condemned this practice because they felt slavery was wrong.

Southerners tolerated/condemned this practice because they felt a runaway slave was lost property.

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 3: The Wilmot Proviso stated slavery would not be allowed in the Mexican Cession.

Northerners favored/opposed this amendment because…

Southerners favored/opposed this amendment because…

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 3: The Wilmot Proviso stated slavery would not be allowed in the Mexican Cession.

Northerners favored/opposed this amendment because they wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into territories.

Southerners favored/opposed this amendment because they felt Congress had no right to tell slaveholders where they could take their property.

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 4: California applied for admission as a free state.

Northerners favored/opposed admitting California as a free state because…

Southerners favored/opposed admitting California as a free state because…

20.4 The Missouri Compromise UnravelsIssue 4: California applied for admission as a free state.

Northerners favored/opposed admitting California as a free state because it would create more free states than slave states in Congress.

Southerners favored/opposed admitting California as a free state because it would make the slaves states a minority in Congress.

• Slavery in Washington D.C.?• Northerners assisting fugitive slaves?• Slavery in New Mexico/Utah?• Slavery in California?

Compromise

What actually happened?

• California was admitted as a free state.• New Mexico & Utah were organized as territories open to slavery.• The slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C.• A strong fugitive slave law was passed.

20.5 The Compromise of 1850

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 1: The Fugitive Slave Law caused bitterness between the North & the South.

Northerners were satisfied/dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because…

Southerners were satisfied/dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because…

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 1: The Fugitive Slave Law caused bitterness between the North & the South.

Northerners were satisfied/dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because they were asked to help slave catchers.

Southerners were satisfied/dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave Law was enforced because northerners refused to obey it.

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 2: The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin told the story of a slave & his master.

The book was popular/unpopular in the North because…

The book was popular/unpopular in the South because…

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 2: The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin told the story of a slave & his master.

The book was popular/unpopular in the North because it aroused powerful emotions against slavery.

The book was popular/unpopular in the South because it turned people against slavery.

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 3: The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that the issue of slavery in those territories would be decided by popular sovereignty.Northerners were pleased/unhappy about the act because…

Southerners were pleased/unhappy about the act because…

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 3: The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that the issue of slavery in those territories would be decided by popular sovereignty.Northerners were pleased/unhappy about the act because it overturned the Missouri Compromise & allowed slavery north of the 36°30’ in the Louisiana Territory.

Southerners were pleased/unhappy about the act because they could take slaves into the Louisiana Territory.

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 4: The Dred Scott case—Dred Scott was a slave who believed his trip to Wisconsin made him a free man. Northerners probably believed he was free/still a slave because…

Southerners probably believed he was free/still a slave because…

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No OneIssue 4: The Dred Scott case—Dred Scott was a slave who believed his trip to Wisconsin made him a free man. Northerners probably believed he was free/still a slave because he had lived in a free territory.

Southerners probably believed he was free/still a slave because they felt slave owners should have the right to take their slaves anywhere.

What actually happened?

• Scott could not sue for his freedom in a federal court because he was not a citizen (nor could any African American ever become a U.S. citizen).• Scott’s stay in Wisconsin did not make him a free man because the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. • Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories.

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No One

20.8 From Compromise to CrisisIssue 1: During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, positions regarding slavery were made clear.

Lincoln, representing the opinion of the North, felt slavery was a legal/moral issue because…

Douglas, representing the opinion of the South, felt slavery was a legal/moral issue because…

20.8 From Compromise to CrisisIssue 1: During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, positions regarding slavery were made clear.

Lincoln, representing the opinion of the North, felt slavery was a legal/moral issue because he felt slavery was wrong.

Douglas, representing the opinion of the South, felt slavery was a legal/moral issue because he felt the slavery issue was settled through the Dred Scott decision.

20.8 From Compromise to CrisisIssue 2: John Brown attended the arsenal at Harpers Ferry to get weapons for a slave rebellion.Some northerners upset/reassured southerners after Brown’s raid because…

Southerners were unconcerned/fearful about Brown’s raid because…

20.8 From Compromise to CrisisIssue 2: John Brown attended the arsenal at Harpers Ferry to get weapons for a slave rebellion.Some northerners upset/reassured southerners after Brown’s raid because they considered Brown a hero.

Southerners were unconcerned/fearful about Brown’s raid because slave rebellions might spread throughout the South.

20.8 From Compromise to CrisisIssue 3: In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President.

Northerners were happy/unhappy about the election because…

Southerners were happy/unhappy about the election because…

20.8 From Compromise to CrisisIssue 3: In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President.

Northerners were happy/unhappy about the election because Lincoln was opposed to the spread of slavery.

Southerners were happy/unhappy about the election because they had lost most of their political power.

What actually happened?

• South Carolina & six other states seceded from the Union.• South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter.

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis