1. Chapter 14.1 Growing Tensions Over Slavery

2. Key Terms and People Popular sovereignty Secede Fugitive Henry Clay John Calhoun Daniel Webster

3. Why It Matters The Missouri Compromise of 1820 helped settle the slavery issue for awhile The Mexican War which added new territory will stir the slavery issue again This renewed the struggle over “states’ rights’ and slavery

4. Slavery and the Mexican-American War

5. The Wilmot Proviso Missouri Compromise only dealt with Louisiana Territory David Wilmot proposed that Congress ban any slavery in the Mexican Cession Passed the House of Representative but slide to a stop in the Senate. Why?

6. The Antislavery Party Rise of new political party arose over the issue or problem of slavery Democrats and Whigs would not take a stand on slavery.

7. Popular Sovereignty Proposed by Senator Cass of Michigan that allowed people made the decision by voting rather or not there would be slavery. The Democrats and Whigs that wanted to address the problem of slavery formed the

8. Martin Van Buren Again Free-Soil Party chooses Martin Van Buren to be there candidate in the 1848 presidential elections They called for “free-soil” in the Mexican Cession

9. Zachary Taylor Wins

10. 1848 Elections Martin Van Buren: Free-Soil Party Lewis Cass: Democrat Zachary Taylor: Whig

11. Zachary Taylor

12. Bitter Debate Page 484

13. Henry Clay saves the day! He proposed the Compromise of 1850 Daniel Webster supported this compromise John C. Calhoun was clearly disagreed with this compromise

14. Compromise of 1850 California becomes a Free State The North will return slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act: Banned selling slaves in Washington, DC Popular Sovereignty

15. Important stuff Wilmot Proviso Free-Soil Party Proposed California statehood Bitter Conflict over Slavery