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Growing Tensions Over Slavery Chapter 14, Section 1

Growing Tensions Over Slavery Chapter 14, Section 1 Essential Question: How did the question of admission of new states to the Union fuel the debate over slavery and state’s rights?

Slavery and the Mexican- American War F Between 1820 and 1848, four new slaveholding states were admitted to the Union. This maintained the balance between free and slaveholding states, with 15 each. However, territory gained by the Mexican-American War threatened to destroy the balance.

Wilmot Proviso F South wanted to take territory from Mexico to make more slave states F Abolitionists did not want more slave states F Wilmot (PA) proposes a law that would ban slavery in any new territory

Wilmot Proviso Wilmot Proviso to limit slavery never passes

Impact of Mexican War F US wins Mexican War gets most of Southwest –California wants to come to Union as free –South wants to split CA in half to keep balance of power in Senate

Free Soil Party F Third Political Party F Demand end to slavery F Wanted free homesteads in west –Free land for settlers F “Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Men”

Free Soil Party F South was threatened by Free Soil Party –Would encourage end to slavery and new free states

F Why was the Free-Soil Party Founded?

–To prevent slavery in new lands gained in the Mexican-American war.

F Why was the South alarmed by the Wilmot Proviso?

Banning new slave states would give free states a majority in both houses of Congress.

Bitter Debate Senator John C. Calhoun (SC) –If California is free southern way of life is threatened Two options to protect South –constitutional amendment to protect states rights –Secession

Bitter Debate Senator Daniel Webster (MA) –Supports idea of compromise –most important thing is to preserve Union and freedom

Bitter Debate F Clay (Kentucky) says south should let CA be free Henry Clay

Why was Calhoun opposed to California’s admission to the Union?

F F It would tip the balance in the senate against slave states.

How did California’s proposed admission to the Union affect the debate between the North and the South over slavery ?

F F It led to renewed controversy.

Growing Tensions Over Slavery Chapter 14, Section 1 Focus Question: How did the question of admission of new states to the Union fuel the debate over slavery and state’s rights?

Growing Tensions Over Slavery Chapter 14, Section 1 Essential Question: How did the question of admission of new states to the Union fuel the debate over slavery and state’s rights? It threatened to upset the balance between free states and slave states.