Impact of Slavery Mr. Saucedo

The impact of slavery on…. New Territories Missouri Compromise Wilmot Proviso Compromise of 1850 Kansas- Nebraska Act Southern States Northern States Rebellions Bleeding Kansas Fugitive Slave Act

The Impact of Slavery… Impact of slavery on New Territories - fight over whether or not to extend slavery into the new territories Missouri Compromise Missouri Compromise Missouri entered the Union as slave state and Maine as a free state, equal number of free and slave states Wilmot Proviso a document that did not pass but stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the (Mexican Cession) territory” Compromise of 1850 California came into the Union as a free state, New Mexico and Utah would be decided by popular sovereignty and a stronger fugitive slave law enacted

The Impact of Slavery… Kansas – Nebraska Act allowed people in each territory to decide on the question of slavery, Popular sovereignty Southern States - states’ rights vs. federal government; slavery as an important component of the Southern economy Northern States – abolitionist movement on moral grounds but racism persisted and blacks were denied basic rights Rebellions - such as those led by John Brown and Nat Turner made Northerners aware of abolitionist movements; made Southerners fearful of slave uprisings

The Impact of slavery… Bleeding Kansas - John Brown and his men burned down the capital at Lawrence and killed pro-slavery activists. Fugitive Slave Act - Northerners resented having to obey the Fugitive Slave Act, they saw it as morally wrong; Southerners were unhappy with the law’s lack of enforcement