A Divided Nation
The North and the South
issue 1: Should missouri be admitted as a slave state or free
state?
There were ________ slave states
and ______ free states in 1819. Pg.
286
In 1819, Missouri applied for statehood as a slave
state.
North
South
Opposed
because they
didn’t want to
upset the
balance
between the
slave and free
states.
Favored
because they
wanted more
slave states
than free states
in the Senate.
issue 2: Should congress approve the tallmadge
amendment?
The Tallmadge Amendment said...
Read the bottom of 286.
The Tallmadge Amendment said that Missouri could
join the Union, but only as a free state.
North
South
Favored
because they
wanted to stop
spread of
slavery into the
Louisiana
Territory.
Opposed
because they
didn’t want the
North to have
the votes in
Congress to end
slavery.
missouriCompromise
What really happened?
-Missouri entered the Union as a slave
state.
-Maine entered the Union as a free
state.
-Congress drew a line at 36.30 across
the Louisiana Territory.
-Slavery was permitted south of that
line and prohibited north of it.
issue 3: Should slavery be allowed in d.c. ?
The __________ wanted to stop
_______ in Washington D.C.
The Abolitionists wanted to stop slavery in
Washington D.C., but congress refused to consider
anti-slavery petitions.
North
South
Angered
because
Congress
wouldn’t outlaw
slavery in the
capital.
Pleased
because South
wanted no limits
placed on
slavery.
issue 4: Should northerners assist fugitive slaves?
The ___________
wanted to help
slaves _______
from slavery.
The Northerners wanted to help slaves Escape from
slavery.
North
South
Tolerated this
practice because
they felt slavery
was wrong.
“A crime against
humanity…a
great evil”
Condemned this
practice because
they felt a
runaway slave
was lost
property.
issue 5: Should California be admitted as a free
state?
• In late 1849,
California applied
for admission as a
__________ state.
In late 1849, California applied for admission as
a free state.
North
South
Opposed this
Favored this
because they
because it would didn’t want to
have more free upset the
states than
balance created
slave states.
by Missouri
Compromise.
Compromise of 1850
What actually happened
• Admitted California as a free state.
• Opened New Mexico and Utah as slave
territories.
• Ended the slave trade in D.C.
• Passed a powerful fugitive slave law.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What really happened?
• Slavery issue would be decided by the states.
• Settlers on both sides fought violently for and
against slavery.
• Both sides sent weapons to Kansas.
• Charles Sumner made fiery speech in Congress
and was beaten by his nephew with a cane.
Dred Scott
Issue 6: Does Congress have the right to decide slavery in the territories?
In 1857, a slave named Dred Scott
said…
…that he was free because his
master took him to Wisconsin,
which was a free state, thus
freeing him.
Dred Scott Decision
Chief Justice Roger Taney said that
Dred Scott was not a citize
________.
n
Secondly, slaves areproperty
___________
and are protected byFifth
the _______
amendment.
Dred Scott Decision
North
Called the
decision
“wicked and
false.”
South
Slave decision
was finally
settled.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were running
ILLINOIS
for Senate in __________.
Lincoln
Douglas
The slavery
Slavery was a issue was
moral not a legal decided by the
issue.
Dred Scott
Decision.
Election of 1860
Lincoln
elected.
No slavery in
territories.
Lincoln asks
South to
reconsider.
South
Secedes from
the union.
South attacks
Fort Sumter.