Powerpoint 1

Compromises Leading toThe Civil War

By: Julia Wagner

• Part of the Constitution• Established in 1783• Every five slaves equals three people• Came abut so Constitution was ratified• Contributed to Civil War:– Slave didn’t count as full person– Earliest division between North and South

Three-Fifths Compromise

• Passed in 1820• Missouri Territory wanted to become a slave

state– Cause an unbalanced Congress

• Maine eventually applied for statehood• Maine became a free state, Missouri a slave

state

Missouri Compromise

• Also included the Missouri Compromise Line (36 30 ’N) ̊�

• No slave states above line and vice versa• Contributed to Civil War:– Showed fear of unbalance– Showed stubbornness of North and South

Missouri Compromise (cont’d)

• California became a free state• Texas couldn’t expand into New Mexico– Received $10 million to compensate

• Slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C.• Contributed to Civil War by:– Giving free states power in Congress– Stopping the slave trade in the US

Compromise of 1850

• Part of Compromise of 1850• Was in favor of slavery• Marshals must arrest all runaway slaves• Outlined punishment for those aiding

runaways• Contributed to War:– Gave more authority to slave owners– Didn’t allow for slaves to escape

Fugitive Slave Act

• Passed on May 30, 1854• Started with the formation of two territories• Created because of slavery dispute in

territories• Was developed after failed attempts at

territory expansion• Act was developed by Stephen Douglas

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Introduced popular sovereignty– Each state gets to decide their slavery status

• This idea overturned the Missouri Compromise line

• Contributed to war by:– Overturning part of Missouri Compromise– Put less restrictions on slavery in the territories

Kansas- Nebraska Act (cont’d)

• Result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act• People from North and South moved to

Kansas– Establish as a free or slave state

• On day of voting people became violent• Contributed to war:– First real act of violence– Made riff larger between North and South

“Bloody” Kansas

• Court case in 1857• Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri• Lived with owner in both Illinois and

Wisconsin • After owners death Scott claimed to be free– This was because he lived on “free soil”

• Became a court case in the Supreme Court

Dread Scott v. Sandford

• Supreme Court decided against Scott• Said no African American was a citizen• Scott didn’t have right to come before court• Overturned all of the Missouri Compromise• Contributed to Civil War:– Establishing non-citizenship for African Americans– Court sided with South, creating greater divide

Dred Scott v. Sandford (cont’d)

• 1858- leading up to Illinois Senate Election• Stephen Douglas:– Popular with people– Running for re-election– Supported compromise and popular sovereignty

• Abraham Lincoln:– Fairly unknown– Believed country couldn’t survive half free and half slave

• Douglas Eventually won

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Four major candidates in the Election• Divide was very much regional– Biggest factor in division was slavery

• Democratic party eventually split– Gave Republicans an advantage

• Lincoln ended up winning the presidency

Presidential Election of 1860

Election of 1860 (cont’d)

Voting results of the 1860 Presidential Election

• Contributed to Civil War by:– Putting an anti-slavery president in office– Angered South and their threat of secession– Became the final straw in the start of the war

Sources• Background Photo:

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• Three-Fifths Compromise: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=306 • Missouri Compromise: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833427.html• Mason-Dixon Picture: http://www.google.com/imgres?

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• Compromise of 1850: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html• Fugitive Slave Act: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASfugitive.htm• Kansas- Nebraska Act: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0827030.html• Bleeding Kansas: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html• Dred Scott v. Sandford: http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar09.html• Lincoln-Douglas Debates; http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/debates.html• Presidential Election of 1860: http://history1800s.about.com/od/presidentialcampaigns/a/1860election.htm• Election of 1860 Picture: http://www.google.com/imgres?

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