The excerpt states an example of Study the excerpt below.   “Colonies [fall apart surely] when the colonists imitate and embrace the habits, customs, and practices of the natives. There is no better way to remedy this evil than to do away with and destroy completely the habits and practices of the natives.” — Virginia Colony Promoter Sir William Herbert, 1610s The excerpt states an example of A Native Americans conforming to colonial traditions. B prejudice against Native American customs. C Native Americans discriminating against colonists. D altruism benefiting Native Americans.

Iowa (IA) – December 28, 1846 Capital and largest city: Des Moines Iowa holds a special place in US elections as the first state to hold a primary election for parties in presidential elections Iowa has a computer program create its Congressional Districts, which prevents gerrymandering (making districts weird shapes to give one political party an advantage)

Wisconsin (WI)—May 29, 1848 Capital: Madison Largest City: Milwaukee Wisconsin is known for its production of dairy products (cheese, milk) The State Song of Wisconsin, “On, Wisconsin!” is also the fight song for the University of Wisconsin (with slightly different words)

Compromise of 1850 Overview Who: Proposed by Henry Clay (KY). Debates led by John C. Calhoun (SC) and Daniel Webster (MA) What: One bill designed to settle arguments over slavery in the West & land from Mexico The debate lasted all summer, eventually ending in the defeat of the 1 bill. Stephen Douglas (IL) submitted the bill as 5 separate bills, each of which passed

Part 1: California Discovered gold in CA in 1848 Population grew a huge amount Delegates wrote a state constitution Miners disliked slave labor, so slavery was banned Under Compromise of 1850, added to the Union as a Free State Broke the balance in the Senate: 16 Free, 15 Slave Without balanced states, the South wanted something else

Part 2: Fugitive Slave Act Compromise included a strict Fugitive Slave Act Made to appease the South Allowed slave-owners to go to other states and capture runaway slaves Any African-American could be accused of being a runaway slave Judges were paid at each case involving an accused runaway slave $5 to let them go, $10 to return to plantation Some northern states refused to enforce the Act

Part 3: Popular Sovereignty To solve the question of slavery in territories, the Compromise used 2 ideas For territories from the Louisiana Purchase, the Missouri Compromise applied For the new territories of Utah and New Mexico, they create Popular Sovereignty Popular Sovereignty meant that the citizens of a territory would get to vote on whether to be a free territory or a slave territory

Part 4: Washington, DC Slave Trade Washington, DC, allowed slavery Northerners didn’t like this More African-Americans in DC were free than slaves Compromise of 1850 banned the sale and purchase of slaves in DC Still allowed people to own slaves in DC Appeased northern and southern feelings

Part 5: Texas Borders Texas claimed a lot of land as its own 2x the size of Texas today Texas was a slave state, giving more land to slavery 4 plans were made Pearce plan chosen Pearce Plan made Texas have its modern borders The rest of the land became parts of the Utah and New Mexico Territories

Achievement Assignment Write 1 sizable paragraph (6-8 sentences) that explains the following: What was the Compromise of 1850? Why was the Compromise of 1850 made? What was the most important part of the Compromise of 1850? What problems did the Compromise of 1850 cause? If you finish early, make sure you have completed the assignments for the Missouri Compromise and the Wilmot Proviso