Growing Tensions Between The North And South as The Crisis Deepens Disagreements between the North and South, especially over the issue of slavery, led to political conflict.

Key Terms and Key People Key Terms  Wilmot Proviso  Free-Soil Party  Compromise of 1850  Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Fugitive Slave Act  Popular Sovereignty  Kansas-Nebraska Act Key People  Henry Clay  Daniel Webster  Stephen A. Douglas  Harriet Beecher Stowe  John Brown

A House Divided North  Industrial Economy  Large cities with Immigrants  Immigration to Midwest  Railroads and canals connecting east and Midwest South  Agricultural Economy  Wealthy Planters reliant on foreign exports  Slave supported industry/Agriculture  Many poor small farm families

Practice what you Preach  The North Began to oppose slavery and led the Abolition Movement  Some northerners feared that slavery would spread and some workers may be forced to become slaves  Though opposed to slavery many northerners were racist, and afraid, of the spread of African culture  The South began to defend slavery in order to protect the slave culture of the south

Party Time…Excellent  With the nation expanding the Wilmot Proviso tried to outlaw slavery in Mexican Territories  The South claimed the Wilmot Proviso was unconstitutional because it took away their right to move their property to new territories  The Wilmot Proviso would divide congress and not become law with a southern controlled Senate  The Wilmot Proviso led to the Free-Soil Party which aimed to outlaw the expansion of slavery and made slavery a National Issue

North California/South California  When California Entered Statehood, the balance of slave states was put in danger  As most People in California Opposed Slavery, they applied for statehood before slave owners could move to the state  If California entered the Union in 1850, Free States would control both the House and Senate, putting slave states in danger of being overpowered

This Guy LOVES compromise  With Congress Divided over the issue of California Henry Clay would offer a compromise to the issue  California would become a free state and slavery would be abolished in Washington DC  Slavery laws would NOT be passed for the rest of Mexico and congress would pass laws making it easier to catch runaway slaves

Act of Union  Both Sides would think they gave up too much but most, like Daniel Webster, wanted the Union Preserved  Stephen Douglas would gain enough votes to pass the proposal which would become the Compromise of 1850  This Compromise would lead to more violence in the Union

The Final Act  The Fugitive Slave Act makes it easier to return runaway slaves to their former owners  Slaves were held without trial and a federal commissioner ruled on each case with monetary rewards  The North opposed the act as it made them help recapture slaves and led to free Africans being captured into slavery  The presence of slave catchers made the north face the decision of following the act or breaking the law to oppose slavery

Acting Up  With the Fugitive Slave Act and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s cabin leading to Tension, The Issue of Kansas and Nebraska would Bring Violence  Stephen A. Douglas drafted a Bill to allow popular sovereignty decide the issue of slavery in the states  The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri compromise and turn Kansas into a Battlefield

The Civil War…A Prequel  After the Act was passed Proslavery voters from Missouri illegally voted to pass slavery in Kansas  Anti-slavery forces in Kansas formed their own government in Kansas and armed themselves  The pro-slavery forces attacked the Anti-slavery government leading John Brown to Kansas  Brown would Murder five pro-slavery people and led to three years of civil war in Kansas

Main Event Fight  When Charles Sumner delivered a speech against slavery in congress, pro-slavery members felt insulted  Preston Brooks Would Defend his relative A. P. Butler by attacking Sumner with his Cane  The Attacks in Kansas and in Congress would further divide the North in the South

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