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The Compromise of 1850Setting the Scene
Chapter 16
section 2
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The Compromise of 1850TEMPERS FLARE OVER SLAVERY
Chapter 16
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During one meeting of the Senate, an argument about admitting California as a free state became so heated, that Senator Foote pulled a pistol and pointed it at Senator Benton.
Henry Foote
Thomas Hart Benton
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The Compromise of 1850The Slavery Debate Erupts Again
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The Compromise of 1850The Slavery Debate Erupts Again
After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the U.S. added several states without much arguing (Iowa, Wisconsin, and Arkansas). California applying for statehood brought up the issue of free and slave states again.
1849
15 free
15 slave
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The Compromise of 1850California’s Impact
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The Compromise of 1850Clay vs. Calhoun
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Henry Clay tried to work out a compromise.
John C. Calhouninsisted that
slaverybe allowed in
theWest.
Clay
Calhoun
Webster
Daniel Webster asked for people to
work together to save the Union.
President Taylor supported the
expansion of slavery also.
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The Compromise of 1850Clay vs. Calhoun
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The Compromise of 1850Webster Calls for Unity
Daniel Webster
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The Compromise of 1850Webster Calls for Unity
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The Compromise of 1850Compromise of 1850
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Died of a complications after having a heat stroke.
John C. Calhoun
March 31, 1850
Zachary Taylor
July 9, 1850
Died of tuberculosis.
Vice President Millard Fillmore
took over as president. Unlike
Taylor, Fillmore supported
Henry Clay’s compromise plan
and worked to help get it
passed.
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The Compromise of 1850Compromise of 1850
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The Compromise of 1850The Compromise Passes
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Compromise
of 1850
Admitted (added)
California asa free state
Allowed New Mexico & Utah
to decide slavery using
popular sovereignty
Banned theSlave Trade inWashington,
D.C.
Added a new Fugitive Slave
Act
Settled theTexas / New
Mexicoborder dispute
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The Compromise of 1850The Compromise Passes
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The Compromise of 1850The Fugitive Slave Act
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• Required citizens to help catch runaway slaves
• Citizens who allowed fugitive slaves to escape could be fined $1000 and jailed
•Set up special
courts to handle runaway slave
cases
• African-American
suspects could
not have a jury
trial
• Judges were paid
$10 to send a
runaway back to the
South and $5 to set
an African-American
free
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Part of the Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Part of the Compromise of 1850
• Required citizens to help catch runaway slaves
• Citizens who allowed fugitive slaves to escape could be fined $1000 and jailed
•Set up special
courts to handle runaway slave
cases
• African-American
suspects could
not have a jury
trial
• Judges were paid
$10 to send a
runaway back to the
South and $5 to set
an African-American
free
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This led to some northerners becoming Slave
Catchers!
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Part of the Compromise of 1850
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The Compromise of 1850Reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act
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The Compromise of 1850Reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An AntislaveryBestseller
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An AntislaveryBestseller
A moving novel by a northerner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, about the hardships and cruelty of slavery in the South. The main character, Uncle Tom, is sold to a harsh owner, Simon Legree. When two of Legree’s slaves escape, he suspects Uncle Tom knows where they went. Legree confronts Uncle Tom trying to get to him to tell on the escaped slaves and ultimately whips him to death when Uncle Tom refuses to tell.
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Uncle Tom’s CabinNationwide Reaction
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: An AntislaveryBestseller
This important novel was read by many northerners and help change the way many northerners felt about slavery. It helped the abolitionist movement to grow.
Southerners hated and criticized the book claiming that it was not what most slave owners were like.
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