Popular Sovereignty: Broken Compromises. Introduction  As the United States continued to expand (Mexican-American War), debates over where slavery should.

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Popular Sovereignty: Broken Compromises

Introduction  As the United States continued to expand (Mexican-American War), debates over where slavery should exist will persist in Congress  Popular Sovereignty: The belief that people should be able to choose whether their state would have slaves or not

Compromise of 1850 By acquiring land from the Mexican-American war, Southern Senators see an opportunity for more slave states Northerners see this as a threat to the Missouri Compromise After the Gold Rush of 1849, California applies for statehood ◦ Wants to be a free state Missouri Compromise ? Not America

Compromise of 1850 Northern States want California to be a free state, Southern states refuse ◦ Disrupts power in Congress Henry Clay draws up the Compromise of 1850 to solve the problem ◦ California gets to enter as a free state ◦ North agrees to fugitive slave law ◦ New Mexico territory: Popular Sovereignty Fugitive Slave Law: Runaway slaves caught in the North must be returned to the South

Kansas-Nebraska Act Plans for a Trans- Continental Railroad leads to a debate about where the railroad will begin. Plans for a Trans- Continental Railroad leads to a debate about where the railroad will begin. ◦ Two locations are proposed for the start of the railroad:  St. Louis: Southerners  Chicago: Northerners Stephen Douglass proposes Kansas- Nebraska Act as compromise Stephen Douglass proposes Kansas- Nebraska Act as compromise ◦ North gets railroad in Chicago ◦ Popular Sovereignty allowed in Northern Territories

Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act: Popular Sovereignty would decide the slave issue in Nebraska/Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Act: Popular Sovereignty would decide the slave issue in Nebraska/Kansas ◦ Significance: The Kansas-Nebraska act gets rid of the Missouri Compromise and opened slavery to the North

“Bleeding Kansas” Kansas applies for statehood, but has to vote on being a slave state or a free state On the day of the vote, pro- slave Missourians flood into Kansas and vote for Kansas to be a slave state ◦ Registered voters in Kansas: 2,905 ◦ Actual ballots cast: 6,307 Pro-slave side wins, but abolitionists in Kansas get angry over voter fraud

“Bleeding Kansas” Pro-slave and Abolitionists begin attacking each other Pro-slave and Abolitionists begin attacking each other ◦ Both sides attack civilians in Kansas and Missouri ◦ Both sides were heavily armed ◦ “Mini Civil War ◦ “Mini Civil War”

Lincoln and Douglas Debates Due to the Kansas- Nebraska Act, Abraham Lincoln challenged Douglas’ Senate seat Due to the Kansas- Nebraska Act, Abraham Lincoln challenged Douglas’ Senate seat Lincoln stressed no slavery in the western territories Lincoln stressed no slavery in the western territories ◦ Did not want to end slavery in the South, just stop the expansion of slavery

Lincoln and Douglas Debates Douglas won the Senate seat Douglas won the Senate seat Significance: It pushed Lincoln into the national spotlight and created the Republican Party Significance: It pushed Lincoln into the national spotlight and created the Republican Party ◦ Party goal: Stop the spread of slavery into territories