1. SLAVERY AND THE WEST: Should slavery be allowed to expand?? The United States In 1860 (Just Before The Civil War)

2. Slide #2: Important Vocabulary Slave State: A state that allowed slavery Free State: A state that did not allow slavery Compromise: A solution where both sides agree to give up something in order to reach an agreement Popular Sovereignty: allowing the people to have the power to decide whether or not a territory should allow slavery

3. Slide #3: The Missouri Compromise (1820) Missouri asks to join the U.S. as a slave state Senator Henry Clay comes up with a compromise: - Add Missouri as a slave state AND Maine as a free state - Draw a line in the Louisiana Purchase, and allow no more slavery North of that line

4. Slide #3: The Missouri Compromise (1820) Food for Thought: Why would it be important for there to be an equal number of free states and slave states? Answer The Question Below On Packet Page 25

5. Slide #4: Reaction to the MO Compromise Northerners: - Happy that slave states will not outnumber free states - Happy that slavery banned (made illegal) in most of the Louisiana Purchase -Worried that the number of slave states is growing Southerners: - Happy that Missouri will be a slave state -Worried that Northerners made such a big deal out of adding a slave state Worried

6. Slide #5: Compromise of 1850 California asks to join the U.S. as a free state once population grew due to Gold Rush No new slave states are ready to join the U.S. Senator Henry Clay comes up with another compromise: 1. Add California as a free state 2. Open the rest of the land won during the Mexican War to popular sovereignty 3. End the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 4. Pass a new, stricter Fugitive Slave Law (required all escaped/runaway slaves to be returned to their plantations )

7. Slide #6: Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) Northern part of Louisiana Purchase almost ready to enter the U.S. as states These new states will be free states, giving the free states even more power Senator Stephen Douglas comes up with a compromise: - Open the entire Louisiana Purchase to popular sovereignty

8. Slide #7: Reactions to the Compromise of 1850 & Kansas-Nebraska Act NORTH SOUTH_____ California becomes a free state ____________________________________________________________ Popular sovereignty in land won in Mexican War ____________________________________________________________ No slave trade in Washington D.C. _____________________________________________ New Fugitive Slave Law passed ____________________________________________________________ Kansas-Nebraska Act allows slavery to spread into areas that were not allowed to have slavery Draw A Smiley Face Or Frowny Face For The Following On Packet Page 26

9. Wrap-Up Answer The Following Question As Your Ticket Out At The End Of Class With the Kansas-Nebraska Act, U.S. officials decided that the settlers in new western states will vote whether or not to allow slavery. What are the potential problems that can result? Be specific.