Name: _________________________________________
Pd: __________________
12.2—SLAVERY & THE WEST
SECTIONALISM-exaggerated loyalty to a particular region
In 1819 there were __11___ Slave States and ___11__ Free States. In 1819 _Missouri___ requested to
join the Union as a __slave___ state.
State: ___________________________________________
Describe your situation:
______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ ____________
Do you think Missouri should enter the Union as a free or slave state? ____________________
Why do you want that for Missouri? _______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Missouri Compromise (1820)—Negotiated by _Henry Clay___
1. Missouri enters the Union as a slave state
2. Maine enters the Union as a free state
3. Slavery prohibited in Louisiana Territory North of the 36/30 line (MO south border)
What is your opinion of the Missouri Compromise? ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
NULLIFICATION
In 1828 Congress passed a Protective ___Tariff___, a tax on imported goods, that favored industry in
the __North__. The __South____ was against the tariff while the _North____ supported the tariff.
South Carolina worked to __nullify____ or legally overturn the tariff. South Carolina senator,
______John C. Calhoun__, argued that the tariff was _____unconstitutional______.
NEW WESTERN LANDS
__Texas__ was _annexed__ by the United States and became a __slave___ state in 1845.
The US won the ____Mexican-American_ War in _1848_ and gained new territory in the _West_.
The __Wilmot___ Proviso said __slavery__ should be prohibited in _territories__ gained from Mexico.
The __south___ opposed this and the proviso __failed____.
ELECTION of _1848____:
PARTY
Whig
Democrat
Free Soil
CANDIDATE
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Martin Van Buren
POSITION ON SLAVERY IN THE WEST
No Position
No position
Against slavery expansion
___Zachary Taylor____ won the election of 1848 and he urged __California___ & __New Mexico ____
to apply for statehood immediately.
In 1849 there were _15__ slave states and __15__ free states.
__Henry Clay__ presented a plan to settle disputes in Congress. In 1850 __Zachary
Taylor__ died of a stomach illness and _Millard Fillmore__ became president.
State: ___________________________________________
Describe your situation:__________________________________________________________
Do you think the new territories should enter the Union as free or slave states? _____________
Why do you want that for the new territories? ________________________________________
Compromise of 1850:
1. California enters as a free state
2. No slave restrictions in the New Mexico territory
3. Border dispute between Texas & New Mexico settled
4. Slave trade but not slavery abolished in Washington DC
5. Stronger fugitive slave laws
What is your opinion of the Compromise of 1850 decision? _____________________________
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