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Slavery Divides a Nation Study Guide
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• Slavery in the Territories

  • There were 11 free and 11 slave states in 1819.

  • The Missouri Compromise kept the number of free and slave states equal. It created a border line between free and slave states.

  • Popular sovereignty is the right of people to choose their own government.

  • The Free-Soil Party was organized to keep slavery out of the western territories.

 

• The Compromise of 1850

  • The Compromise allowed California to come into the United States as a free state.

  • The Compromise divided Mexico into the territories of New Mexico and Utah.

  • The Compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

  • The Compromise created a strict Fugitive Slave Law

  • The Compromise settled borders disputes between Texas and New Mexico

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a reaction to slavery in her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required all citizens to help capture runaway slaves.

 

• The Crisis Deepens

  • Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act In the territory of Kansas was divided into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska.

  • Many Northerners and Southerners were unhappy with the new act. This led to violence.

  • John Brown murdered five proslavery settlers. The violence soon led to more that 200 people being killed.

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford; The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Dred Scott was to be returned to his home as a slave because he could not file a lawsuit.

      Congress did not have the jurisdiction to outlaw slavery.

 

• The Republican Party Emerges

  • The Free Soil and Whig Party combined and became the Republican Party. Their goal was to keep slavery out of the western United States.

  • Abe Lincoln debated Douglas for the Senate. Lincoln campaigned against slavery.

  • John Brown raided a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He revolted against slavery.

 

• A Nation Divides

  • Abe Lincoln became the President of The United States.

  • The South reacts strongly against Lincoln’s election.

  • The South, led by Jefferson Davis, succeeds from the Union or United States.

  • Confederate (Southern) troops shelled Fort Sumter.

  • The Civil War begins.