1. Directions Grab the THREE sheets of paper from the bookshelf.
Turn in your I AM POEM it was due LAST WEEK!
Grab your SPIRAL
Get your Cornell note sheet ready to go, Compromise of 1850, pg. 23.
Begin working on your BELLRINGER

2. TSWBAT analyze and explain the provisions and effects of the Compromise of 1850.

3. Review What is sectionalism?
What two sections of the United States are forming during this time period?
Identify one major economic difference between the North and the South.
Identify one of the primary causes of conflict between the North and the South.
The (North/South) has a stronger economy and a much larger transportation system.
The (North/South) was reliant on slave labor for sustaining their economy.

4. Failed Political Compromises
The Civil War
Failed Political Compromises

5. The Missouri Compromise
3 main points:
Missouri was admitted as a slave state
Maine was admitted as a free state
The “Missouri Compromise Line” prohibited slavery in any territory above the 36th parallel.

6. Table Talk: Why is maintaining a balance of power important?

7. California applies for statehood …
1850 – population was 100,000
California wanted to be a free state
Currently: 15 free states
15 slave states
Missouri Compromise Line
Table Talk: What two issues will arise from admitting California as a state?

8. The Compromise of 1850 Main Points: Proposed by Henry Clay
California was admitted as a free state
Utah and New Mexico would vote
Congress passed a tighter Fugitive Slave Law:
Federal crime to help slaves
Runaway slaves would be returned to their owner
Reward was given for returned slaves

9. Elbow Partner: Predict what issues you think will arise when the territories are allowed to vote for/against slavery?

10. Kansas-Nebraska Act
In 1854 peace began to unravel when Senator Stephen Douglas proposed the new idea of popular sovereignty.
Popular sovereignty - people in a territory can vote on the issue of slavery.
Main Points:
Overturned the Missouri Compromise - unconstitutional
Opened up two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska, to popular sovereignty.

11. Table Talk: What issues might arise from allowing the states to vote on the issue of slavery?

12. Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to bloodshed between supporters and opponents of slavery.
Because the issue of slavery was being left to a popular vote, both supporters and opponents of slavery flooded the territory to vote (even though they were not residents).
This caused fighting to break out between the two sides that ended in bloodshed…proving that popular sovereignty was not that popular after all.
Kansas becomes a slave state

13. John Brown’s raid – Harper’s Ferry
Abolitionist leader
Angered by the pro-slavery forces in Kansas, Brown organized a revolt.
He hoped to ensure a slave resurrection but that was not to be.
He took control of the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, but was eventually surrounded and hung for treason.
Increased sectional tensions between the North and the South.
Oral/Choral Response: What is an abolitionists?
Table Talk: Why do you think the slaves did not join the raid?

14. Demonstration of Learning
What were the 3 main points of the Missouri Compromise?
The Compromise of 1850 made __________ a slave state and enacted the ________ _____ ___ to appease the South.
What is popular sovereignty?
Why did it pose a problem when it came to compromising?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the formation of what political party?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

15. Demonstration of Learning
On a response card, correctly analyze and explain the provisions and effects of the Compromise of What is popular sovereignty?

16. Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was a Southern slave who had been taken by his owner to the North, and then back into slavery in the South. He sued for his freedom!
The Decision:
Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that Scott was not a citizen because he was a descendant of African born slaves.
He also ruled that slaves were property, and that Congress had no right to take away a slaveholder’s property.
This meant that Congress could not prohibit slavery in new territories. Since slavery was still legal, the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.