1. Dealing with Slavery in New Territories

2. Standard:
8.H.2.3: Summarize the role of debate, compromise, and negotiation during significant periods in the history of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.2: Summarize how leadership and citizen actions influenced the outcome of key conflicts in North Carolina and the United States.

3. Great Slavery Debate
The debate over slavery increased with the more land the US acquired
The US government came up with multiple compromises to try to maintain the peace between the different regions

4. Missouri Compromise
Balance between free and slave states until Missouri asked for statehood as slave state
Compromise made
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Maine admitted as a free state
36°30 line established − above will be free and below slave
Keep peace for the next 30 years

5. Missouri Compromise

7. Compromise of 1850
Multiple Parts to help ease tensions between pro and anti-slavery states in US after California wants to be admitted
California will be a free state
New Mexico and Utah will vote whether to be free or slave state – popular sovereignty
Slave Trade in Washington, DC abolished
Stricter Fugitive Slave Act laws

11. Kansas-Nebraska Act Nebraska wanted to enter as a free state
Divide Nebraska territory into Nebraska and Kansas
According to Missouri Compromise both should be free states – scared this will create a war
Allow popular sovereignty in both states (can vote on issue of slavery)

14. Voting on the issue of slavery in Kansas led to extreme violence
Bleeding Kansas
Voting on the issue of slavery in Kansas led to extreme violence
Both sides insisted they were the real government and winner
Both started attacking each side and often ended in death of many people