Causes of the Civil War: The United States was
expanding and acquiring more land.
The NORTH believed slavery was wicked and should be abolished.
The SOUTH saw slavery as important to the growth of their economy.
Problem: Should the new states be free or slave states?
• Solution: Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• SLAVERY WOULD BE BANNED IN STATES FORMED NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER
Free States- Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Slave States- Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Problem: Should MISSOURI be entered into the Union as a Free or Slave state?
• Solution: Tallmadge Amendment
• MISSOURI WOULD BE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION AS A FREE STATE
What were the South’s arguments against the
Tallmadge Amendment?
1. IF MISSOURI WAS A FREE STATE, WHAT WOULD PREVENT THE REST
OF THE STATES FROM BEING FREE
2. “STATES’ RIGHTS” LAWS SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY POPULAR
SOVEREGNTY, OR THE PEOPLE NOT THE GOVERNMENT
3. SLAVE AND FREE STATES SHOULD BE EQUAL SO THE SOUTH HAD
A VOICE IN THE SENATE (pg 399)
Why was the Tallmadge Amendment able to be
defeated?
• THERE WAS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE
Problem: Both houses were at a deadlock over the issue of slavery in
Missouri.
Solution: Missouri CompromiseMAINE- became a free state
MISSOURI- became a slave state
36/30 North of this line slavery was banned
“I have favored this Missouri Compromise, believing it to
be all that could be accomplished under the present
Constitution, and from extreme unwillingness to put the
Union at risk…If the Union must be dissolved, slavery is
precisely the question on which it ought to break. For
the present, however, the contest is laid asleep.”
–John Adams
Does John Adams believe that the Missouri Compromise has
permanently eliminated the tension between the North and
South? Why or Why not…EXPLAIN.
The “Gag Rule”
What was John Quincy Adams’ 1839 proposal?
• No one could be born into slavery after 1845
How did the “Gag Rule” affect his proposal?
• The Gag Rule set aside any discussion about
slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
• A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United
States as a result of the Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
List four details of Henry Clay’s plan to end the deadlock over the issue of California
statehood
1. Admit California into the Union as a FREE state
2. Allow UT and NM decide if they want to allow slavery
3. End Slave trade in Washington DC
4. Strong Fugitive Slave Laws
(Pg. 408) Did the Compromise of 1850 succeed? -No