SA 27: COMPROMISE By Jessica Craig Analyze the Missouri Compromise. • Missouri and Maine • Slave states vs. free states • Political power • Slavery laws What were the terms of the Missouri Compromise? • Missouri enters as a slave state. • Maine enters as a free state. • Prohibited north of 36 degrees 30’ latitude • Proposed laws of slavery: importing in Missouri made illegal & children of slaves set free when they were 25. • Politicians in the South- feelings? Why was it proposed? Why was it necessary? • Slave states and free states • Prevent conflict from rising • Missouri and Maine • People don’t get mad- everyone is happy! Who proposed it? Henry Clay What was the Missouri Compromise supposed to address? • Trying to create peace between the North and the South • Political power • 22 states in the Union: Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Why did it fail? • Power between slave and free states • Peace didn’t last long What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? • Fugitive Slave Act- new slave laws • Slave trade ends in the capital. Slaves still allowed. • California entered as a free state • No interference with District of Columbia’s slavery policy • New Mexico and Utah decide: Popular Soverignty • Texas debts would be paid by the government • Texas give land east of the Rio Grande to Mexico • Congress have nothing to do with the interstate slave trade Fugitive Slave Act • Part of the Compromise of 1850 • Runaway slaves in the North • People were paid for catching slaves • $10/ every slave sent back to the South • $5 for every accused free black person • Free-born slaves were forced into slavery • Canada • More protection for the blacks • Amended previous Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 Why was it proposed? • Settle differences • California • Equal amounts of power in the government • John C Calhoun’s speech Who proposed it? Henry Clay on January 29 “The Great Compromiser” How did the Compromise of 1850 attempt to resolve conflicts over the expansion of slavery? • “ The Great Compromiser” • Compromises • Didn’t want the Union to be broken up • Neither side was happy Why did it fail? • Nobody was happy with the outcome. • Fugitive Slave Act had a large impact on the Northerners • Left lots of contention in its wake • Only postponed war • Used to ignite the Civil Ear What were the terms of the KansasNebraska Act? • Proposed in 1854 • Allowed being able to choose if slavery was allowed or not • Kansas and Nebraska were annexed Why was it proposed? • Encourage western movement • Transcontinental railroad • Republicans: non-slavery in the west • Mostly benefited the North Who proposed it? Stephen A DouglasDemocrat from Illinois Why were antislavery Northerners angry about the Kansas-Nebraska Act? • Repealed Missouri Compromise • Not a permanent law • Slavery away from them • ‘My way or the highway’ viewpoint Why did it fail? • Pretty much deleted the Missouri Compromise • Balance and equality was broken • Peace and War democrats • Political power • North and South became angry What occurred in Kansas? • Kansas wanted to vote immediately. • Votes leaned towards the ‘free state’ option • Pro-slavery people moved into Kansas to try and • • • • • • overwhelm the voting system Mobs Riots Desperate things Destruction of property and homes Free State Hotel burned Loss of about 200 people and about 2 million dollars in property damage How did Northerners and Southerners react to events involving Kansas? • Northerners sent settlers to Kansas to make it a free state. • South heard that 20,000 Northerners were moving to Kansas, sent troops into Kansas to vote. • Fought for control of Kansas What were the consequences? • 200 people were lost • About 2 million dollars were lost in damage to property • David Atchison “with the bayonet and with blood [and if necessary] to kill every [white out] abolitionist in the district.” • Several attacks, mobs, riots, etc. • Kansas only became a state after the slave states seceded.