1. Impact of Slavery
Mr. Saucedo

2. The impact of slavery on….
New Territories
Missouri Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Southern States
Northern States
Rebellions
Bleeding Kansas
Fugitive Slave Act

3. The Impact of Slavery…
Impact of slavery on New Territories - fight over whether or not to extend slavery into the new territories Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise Missouri entered the Union as slave state and Maine as a free state, equal number of free and slave states
Wilmot Proviso a document that did not pass but stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the (Mexican Cession) territory”
Compromise of 1850 California came into the Union as a free state, New Mexico and Utah would be decided by popular sovereignty and a stronger fugitive slave law enacted

4. The Impact of Slavery…
Kansas – Nebraska Act allowed people in each territory to decide on the question of slavery, Popular sovereignty
Southern States - states’ rights vs. federal government; slavery as an important component of the Southern economy
Northern States – abolitionist movement on moral grounds but racism persisted and blacks were denied basic rights
Rebellions - such as those led by John Brown and Nat Turner made Northerners aware of abolitionist movements; made Southerners fearful of slave uprisings

5. The Impact of slavery…
Bleeding Kansas - John Brown and his men burned down the capital at Lawrence and killed pro-slavery activists.
Fugitive Slave Act - Northerners resented having to obey the Fugitive Slave Act, they saw it as morally wrong; Southerners were unhappy with the law’s lack of enforcement