THE UNION IN PERIL: CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR CHAPTER 10 Section 1 The Divisive Politics of Slavery What was the controversy in the territories about? Why was the Compromise of 1850 adopted? Time line of Slavery /5ths Compromise Missouri Compromise. Slavery in the Territories, balance of power Texas is admitted as a Slave state End of the war with Mexico, new territories gained, slave or free. California applies for statehood, state constitution prohibits slavery Compromise of 1850 The South in the mid-1800s is increasingly Single Crop Plantation Economy (Cotton) Rural Segregated black v. white rich planters v. poor whites Fearful of Northern interference & slave revolts The North in the mid-1800s is increasingly Industrial economy Urban Socially and Culturally Diverse Immigration from Europe More and more abolitionists More opposition to spread of slavery Map: Population Distribution, 1790 and 1850 Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Map: U.S. Manufacturing Employment, 1820 and 1850 Map: Major American Cities in 1830 and 1860 Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Map: Cotton Production in the South Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Slavery in Territories Should territories and new states have slavery Missouri Compromise Wilmot Proviso Closed to slavery California, Utah, and New Mexico Against southern constitutional rights Congress had no right to control the territories Passed by the House, rejected by the Senate Twice Debate over Slavery in the territories leads to SECTIONALISM!!! (AGAIN!!!) Wilmot Proviso = an amendment passed in 1846, stating that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in the territory seized from Mexico during the war. WHY? More slave states would upset the balance of power established in the Missouri Compromise. PROBLEM: Gold Rush means that California is ready to become a state, due to population boom. California petitions to be a FREE state, despite being below the 3630 Missouri Compromise Line Congressional Scales, 1850 The question of how a war with Mexico might unbalance the nation politically weighed heavily on people's minds as the nation entered the 1850s. In this cartoon, lithographer Nathaniel Currier-- who later would found the famous graphic art company Currier and Ives-- illustrates the problem. Trying to balance the Wilmot Proviso against Southern Rights, the president seeks to keep congressional representatives from the North and the South in balance as well. (Library of Congress) Congressional Scales, 1850 Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. The Senate Debates Pres. Zachary Taylor backs Californias admission as a free state and he backs the idea of popular sovereignty = the people of each territory should vote whether to be free or slave. Some Southern states, fearing a shift in the balance between N and S, threaten secession = formally withdrawing from the Union. Senators Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun work out the Compromise of 1850, and save the Union from splitting into sections. Map: Westward Expansion, Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Statehood for California Gold Rush Population explosion Skipped requirements to become a territory State Constitution Outlawed slavery Outrage of Southerners Location of California How should California enter the union? Free or slave Balance of power Compromise of 1850 CONCESSIONS TO NORTH California admitted as free New Mexico to receive disputed land with Texas Slave trade, but not slavery, abolished in D.C. CONCESSIONS TO SOUTH New Mexico and Utah Territories to be determined by popular sovereignty Texas paid $10 million as compensation for New Mexico Stronger Fugitive Slave Act COMPROMISE OF 1850 Calhoun and Webster debate the Compromise. Calhoun rejects it, Webster argues for it. Calhoun= advocate of states rights. Slaveholders have no need to get permission to take their property into the new territories. Webster= the Union must be preserved, even if some Southerners and some abolitionists remain unsatisfied. Senate FAILS to adopt the compromise. Clay retires. Stephen A. Douglas (Illinois) renews efforts to pass the Compromise in sections, which works. Calhouns death helps the bill to pass, also. Taylor dies, and Millard Fillmore becomes President. Fillmore supports compromise and signs the bill into law. Compromise of 1850: The Players NAME: Calhoun Taylor Clay Douglas Webster Fillmore ROLE: = Opposed = Architect, Supporter = Advocate, Supporter = Supporter = Conciliator Calhoun and Webster famously debate the Compromise. Calhoun rejects it, Webster argues for it. Map: The Compromise of 1850 Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 16 FREE VS. 16 SLAVE COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE & THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 Potential Essay Topics Compare and Contrast Compromise of 1820 and 1850 Causes and Effects of Manifest Destiny Causes and Effects of Texas Revolution Causes and Effects of Mexican War Factors for increased Sectionalism and declining nationalism