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1850 Nashville Convention 9 Southern States “Fire Eaters”-Southern Extremists Threaten Secession Over California Statehood.

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2 1850 Nashville Convention 9 Southern States “Fire Eaters”-Southern Extremists Threaten Secession Over California Statehood

3 New Fugitive Slave Law National, State, Local Officials Fines & Jail Terms For Assistance Fugitives-No Counsel, No Jury, No Testify in Defense Special Commissioner-$10 or $5

4 Northern Responses Vigilance Committees-Escape to Canada Personal Liberty Laws Nullification???

5 Election of 1852 D- Franklin Pierce-Compromise of 1850 & Popular Sovereignty W-Winfield Scott-Party Splits Over Slavery ***End of Whigs ***Last Candidate to Win N & S Regions

6 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Evils of Slavery-Physical & Mental Abuse, Separation of Families Uncle Tom Whipped to Death by Overseer Simon LeGree Tremendous Social Impact in N & S

7 Manifest Destiny Continues? Southern Filibuster to Acquire Cuba Cancelled 1854 Ostend Manifesto-US Agrees to Purchase or Seize Cuba Walker Filibusters-Attempts by Southerners to Take Nicaragua

8 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act Stephen Douglas (Ill.)-Railroad Route From Ill. To Ca. Route Must Pass Kansas/Nebraska Territories Needs Southern Votes Allows Popular Sovereignty Above 36 30

9 Results Missouri Compromise Repealed Abolition Movement Increases Free States Unwilling to Compromise in Future Democratic Party Splits Birth of Republican Party-Stop Expansion of Slavery

10 Republican Coalition Conscience Whigs, Northern Democrats, Free Soilers, Know Nothings ***Not on Southern Ballots

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