The Nation Divided Chapter 10

I. Growing Tensions over Slavery

A. The Wilmot Proviso 1. The Missouri Compromise did not apply to the Mexican Cession 2. The Wilmot Proviso sought to ban slavery from the territories acquired from Mexico 3. Southerners viewed the bill as an attack on slavery

B. The Debate Over California 1. California’s admission to the union led to bitter arguments between North and South 2. Sen. Henry Clay proposed a compromise that could end the North/South conflict 3. Sen. John Calhoun opposed the compromise; the North would continue to attack the South’s way of life; wanted Constitutional protection or secession! 4. Sen. Daniel Webster supported Clay in order to stop the sectionalism dividing the nation