1. Chapter 10 Section 3 Slavery??? Continuing expand west- slavery in the territories?

2. Chapter 10 Section 3 Emerson- Mexico will poison us Free states- north of 36 degrees 30 minutes N latitude Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- 1848- US land that was part of Mexico South- majority- Senate and advantage- Electoral College Election of 1848 Democrats- Lewis Cass- Michigan- governor Whigs- Zachary Taylor- Mexican war general

3. Chapter 10 Section 3 Taylor wins CA wants to be a free state John C. Calhoun- SC Henry Clay- KY- “Gallant Harry of the West” Daniel Webster- Massachusetts Respected senators Compromise of 1850 CA- free NW and UT- their decision Congress- abolish sale of slaves- not slavery- DC Texas give up NM- $10 million Fugitive Slave Act- return enslaved people Calhoun opposes the Compromise of 1850

4. Chapter 10 Section 3 Why? Southern states could leave Webster favors compromise Taylor passes away Fillmore now the president Works with Stephen A. Douglas- IL Compromise of 1850 passes

5. Chapter 10 Section 3 Pierce- NH- now president Whig party disappears Nativism- people born- US- treated better than immigrants 1849- Order of the Star-Spangled Banner- “Know Nothings” 1854- American Party formed Immigrants- wait longer to become citizens

6. Chapter 10 Section 3 Senator Stephen Douglas- IL Link Chicago to the west January 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Popular sovereignty- decision up to the people- regards to slavery Congress passes the act New Republican Party formed Purpose: stop “Slave Power” Fight expansion of slavery into the territories