A DIVIDED NATION Chapter 20

20.2 Confronting the Issue of Slavery Issue 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 Slavery Issue 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 Slavery Issue 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 Slavery Part 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.

20.3 The Missouri Compromise 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.

20.4 The Missouri Compromise Unravels Issue 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 Unravels Issue 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 Unravels Issue 2: Some Northerners assisted fugitive slaves. Northerners tolerated/condemned this practice because… Southerners tolerated/condemned this practice because…

20.4 The Missouri Compromise Unravels Issue 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 Unravels Issue 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 Unravels Issue 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 Unravels Issue 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 Unravels Issue 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.

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

20.5 The Compromise of 1850 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.

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No One Issue 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 One Issue 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 One Issue 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 One Issue 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 One Issue 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 One Issue 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 One Issue 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 One Issue 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.

20.6 The Compromise Satisfies No One 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.

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis Issue 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 Crisis Issue 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 Crisis Issue 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 Crisis Issue 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 Crisis Issue 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 Crisis Issue 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.

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis What actually happened? South Carolina & six other states seceded from the Union. South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter.