1. Westward Expansion Causes Conflict Over Slavery

2. I. The Basic Problem A. NOT the morality of slavery B. NOT slavery in the South

3. C. Free Soilers Oppose the Spread of Slavery to the West

4. -- Economic Reason: Land and Jobs for White Workers

5. -- Political Reason: The “Slave Power” and the 3/5 Clause

6. II. Problem #1: California – Free, Slave or Two States?

8. The Compromise of 1850: CA = free state Popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico

9. No Slave Trade in Wash. DC

10. Tougher Fugitive Slave Law

11. III. Cuba – A Slave State?

12. A. The Solution: The Ostend Manifesto -- take Cuba by $ or force

13. B. The Result: manifesto leaked  northern criticism  no expansion into Caribbean

14. IV. Problem #3: Nebraska Territory – Free or Slave?

15. A. Stephen Douglas' Goal: Northern Transcontinental Railroad Route Through Illinois

16. B. Stephen Douglas’ Strategy: 1. Organize Nebraska Territory

17. B. Make Nebraska & Kansas Two Separate Territories

18. C. Popular Sovereignty Replaces the Missouri Compromise

19. D. The Result: Violent Conflicts in Kansas, Congress, and around the Country