Chapter 16 Section 2 Smartboard Lecture: Compromise of 1850.notebook
Chapter 16 Section 2:
The Compromise of
1850
In this lesson, we will:
• explain why the
slavery debate erupted
again in 1850
• describe the impact
of the Compromise of
1850
• Summarize how Uncle
Tom's Cabin affected
attitudes toward
slavery
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Chapter 16 Section 2 Smartboard Lecture: Compromise of 1850.notebook
The Slavery Debate Erupts Again
• California
requested admission
to the United States
as a free state in
1850. The balance of
power in the Senate
was once again
threatened.
• In 1849 there were
15 slave states and
15 free states.
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Chapter 16 Section 2 Smartboard Lecture: Compromise of 1850.notebook
• It had seemed possible that
Oregon, Utah and New
Mexico might also join as
free states.
• Southerners feared the
South would be outvoted in
the Senate.
• Some even suggested that
southern states might want
to secede, or remove
themselves from the United
States.
• Northern congressmen
argued that California should
enter as free state because
most of the territory lay
north of_____________.
• Many in Congress looked to a great
"compromiser" to help. Who am I
referring to?
?
s he??
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Clay vs. Calhoun
• Clay argued that
the North & South
should reach an
agreement on
slavery, otherwise
the nation would
fall apart.
• John C. Calhoun
refused to
compromise,
arguing that
slavery should be
allowed in the
western
territories.
• Calhoun also demanded that
runaway slaves (fugitives) be
returned to their owners. See
p. 464
Clay
Calhoun
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Chapter 16 Section 2 Smartboard Lecture: Compromise of 1850.notebook
• Daniel Webster from
New__________called for
unity, supporting Clay's plea to
save the Union, predicting that
there could be no such thing as
"peaceable secession."
• he feared that the states
could not separate without
starting a bloody civil war. A civil
war is a war between people of
the same country.
• Webster viewed slavery as evil
but the breakup of the Union as
worse. He was willing to
compromise with southern
demands that northerners be
forced to return fugitive slaves.
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Chapter 16 Section 2 Smartboard Lecture: Compromise of 1850.notebook
Compromise of 1850
• as the debate raged on in 1850, John
C. Calhoun died.
• Henry Clay gave more than 70
speeches in favor of a compromise but
eventually became too old and too ill to
continue.
• Stephen Douglas of Illinois took over
for him and guided Clay's plan through
Congress. This plan is called the
Compromise of 1850.
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Let's go over each of the five parts
1) It allowed California to enter as
a free state.
2) It divided the rest of the
Mexican Cession into the
territories of Utah & New Mexico.
Voters in each territory would
decide the slavery question
according to
popular___________.
3) It ended the slave trade in the
nation's capital, Washington D.C.
4) It included a strict fugitive
slave law.
5) It settled a border dispute
between Texas & New Mexico.
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• required all citizens to
help catch runaway slaves.
• folks who let fugitives
escape could be fined $1000
and jailed.
• this act enraged
antislavery northerners. By
forcing them to catch
runaways, it made them feel
as if they were part of the
slave system.
• neither side got
everything it wanted and
the Fugitive Slave Law was
hard for Northerners to
accept.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: An Antislavery Bestseller
• written by Harriet
Beecher Stowe in 1852.
• written to highlight the
evils of slavery and
injustice of the Fugitive
Slave Act.
• had an incredible impact in
the North; book was hated
in the South.
• one of the most important
novels in American history.
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Chapter 16 Section 2 Smartboard Lecture: Compromise of 1850.notebook
• When Stowe met President Lincoln in 1862, he is said to have exclaimed, "So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!" What war was our 16th
president referring
to??
Lincoln meets Stowe statue, located in Hartford CT
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Short recap on what we've learned today!! Uncle Tom's Cabin
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