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CHAPTER 10 SECTION 1 THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF SLAVERY BY: SAMANTHA ANCELITZ, THOMAS HAWKEY, WESTLEY KALSON, NATE MOHR.

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1 CHAPTER 10 SECTION 1 THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF SLAVERY BY: SAMANTHA ANCELITZ, THOMAS HAWKEY, WESTLEY KALSON, NATE MOHR

2 I. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH A. Industry and Immigration in The North 1. The North industrialized rapidly a. Increasing amount of products -textiles - sewing machines - farming machines - guns b. Railroads were more in us -They carried raw materials- eastward and manufactured goods – westward - Chicago turned in a city overnight due to the booming railroad industry and the overflowing amount of goods and people, such as immigrants, coming in because of the railroad. -Telegraph wires were strung along railroads to help provide communication.

3 I. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH c. Opposition of slavery 1. The Northerners opposed slavery for two main reasons -They thought that regular jobs would be taken over by slave jobs and their wages would drop - Also, slavery expansion was feared to bring down white workers status’ who could not compete with slaves working ability B. Agriculture and Slavery in the South 1. The south stayed predominantly rural areas, consisting of large plantations with large amounts of slaves and small farms. a. Southern economy relied on staple crops such as cotton - Even though they had one third of the population living there, only 10% of the nation's manufactured goods were produced there - As the North used railroads the South used rivers to transport goods still b. Few immigrants settled in the South - Many immigrants strongly opposed slavery, and it rattled Southern society - A lot of Southerners feared that any restriction of slavery would lead to a social and economic revolution

4 II. SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES A. Wilmot Proviso 1. This amendment created by David Wilmot heightened tensions between the North and the South a. It proposed that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist" in any territory that the U.S has acquired from the war with Mexico - Divided Congress along regional lines b. Northerners angry due to Southerners opposing the provision - Refusal to vote for internal improvements, like building of canals and roads - Also the North feared adding more slave states would give those certain states more members in Congress and it would deny economic opportunity to free workers c. The Southerners feared that this law would upset the balance with free states & slave states, and then give all the power to the North B. Statehood for California 1. With the gold rush progressing fast, it has skipped over the territorial phase of California turning into a state a. California's new constitution made it a non-slave state, which upset many Southerners b. As a result Southerners began to debate if they should remain part of the Union

5 III. THE SENATE DEBATES A. North vs. South 1. As the tension between the North and South about slavery heightened, Southerners began to threaten a secession a. Clay's Compromise - Created by Henry Clay and with Daniel Webster's support - Later called it Compromise of 1850 and Clay presented it to Senate b. Terms of the Compromise - California admitted as a free state - New Mexico and Utah were allowed popular sovereignty to decide over slavery - Texas was paid $10 million to surrender their claims on New Mexico - Banned selling slaves in the District of Columbia, but slavery can continue itself - The Fugitive Slave act required for people in free states to help return escaped slaves c. Calhoun and Webster respond - Both Clay's and Webster's speeches were very famous within Senate and U.S history - Within Webster's speech he tried to warn the South of the dangers of secession and tried to compromise with the North to pass a stricter fugitive slave law

6 III. THE SENATE DEBATES d. The Compromise is adopted - That July, Senate had denied the proposed compromise, but Stephen A. Douglas had picked it up - Douglas's plan included discussing each compromise one at a time, and then allowing each congressman to vote for which provisions they liked or disliked - After President Calhoun had died, his successor made it clear that he supported Douglas's compromise - Southerners finally compromised to Clay's proposal and then eight months later the Compromise of 1850 was voted into a law - As for now President Fillmore then agreed the compromise was the "final settlement" with the problems of slavery and sectional differences

7 CITATIONS  Sewing machine: http://quiltnsew.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/GO-207-6.28201122_std.GIFhttp://quiltnsew.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/GO-207-6.28201122_std.GIF  Southern plantation: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/history/carltodl/276/Plantation.jpghttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/history/carltodl/276/Plantation.jpg  David Wilmot: http://explorepahistory.com/kora/files/1/2/1-2-1B87-25-ExplorePAHistory-a0m5k9- a_349.jpghttp://explorepahistory.com/kora/files/1/2/1-2-1B87-25-ExplorePAHistory-a0m5k9- a_349.jpg  North vs. South picture: http://3219a2.medialib.glogster.com/media/2c/2c7146032f55ef6685a1dccc07d03ec3d2bb2d7d8ec72401 d47998e6f09ef84b/north-vs-south.jpg http://3219a2.medialib.glogster.com/media/2c/2c7146032f55ef6685a1dccc07d03ec3d2bb2d7d8ec72401 d47998e6f09ef84b/north-vs-south.jpg  Stephen A. Douglas: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Stephen_A_Douglas_- _headshot.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Stephen_A_Douglas_- _headshot.jpg


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