Political Sectionalism Leading to a Civil War Events leading to the Secession of the South Political Sectionalism
Political Sectionalism Constitutional Compromises of 1788 Slaves to count as 3/5 of a free person Slave trade to end in twenty years
Political Sectionalism Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri - slave state Maine - free state New states into the Union have to be balanced: one free/one slave
The Missouri Compromise
Political Sectionalism Compromise of 1850 California a free state Slavery not made illegal in Utah and New Mexico Territories.
Slave and Free Territories Under the Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) It gave people living there the choice to voting for or against slavery in the state. Hundreds moved in to “vote.” Tempers FLARED, and over 200 people were killed in the dispute. Nicknamed “ Bleeding Kansas”
The Kansas Nebraska Act
What does the previous map tell you about the political balance and the issue of slavery? What potential problems did the Utah and New Mexico Territories represent? How could those problems be resolved politically?
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Do you think the slave states voted as a bloc? Why? Or why not?
The Election of 1860
The Confederate States of America