1. Debate Over Slavery

2. The Missouri Compromise
Slave and free states even in senate
Missouri applies to be a slave state– would upset balance
Henry Clay comes up with compromise, Great Compromiser
Missouri Compromise:
1. Missouri enters as slave
2. Maine enters as free
3. Imaginary line drawn at ’30’ –no slavery above it

4. Expansion of Slavery Southerners want Texas to enter as slave
Wilmot Proviso– no slavery in lands from Mexico.
John C. Calhoun – SC, says gov. can’t stop slavery, creates great debates

5. Leads to sectionalism– showing loyalty to one part of the country instead of nation
One idea- popular sovereignty – people vote and decide slavery or not in the new state

6. New Compromise California wants to enter as free
South wants a strong fugitive slave law, or threaten to secede (breakaway) from country
H. Clay comes up with another deal
Compromise of 1850:
1. California enters free
2. New Mexico no restrictions on slavery
3. No Slave trade in DC
4. Strong Fugitive Slave Law

8. Fugitive Slave Act Part of the Compromise of 1850
1.Law stated that northerners had to return runaway slaves to the south
2.Helping runaways led to jail or huge fines
Act shows many northerners how truly bad slavery is
Bounty hunters capture slaves and free AA’s for $

9. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Kansas/Nebraska Territories created
No more 36 30’ boundary for slave states
Kansas/Nebraska Territories will use popular sovereignty

10. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Described slave life in detail all over the country, sells thousands of copies
Informs people about slavery– leads to more abolitionists
Southerners says she doesn’t know what talking about