Pre-Civil War Notes
Pre-Civil War Study Guide
Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude
Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession) The question of slavery arose. (free v. slave states) Suggestions: • Extend the 36 30 line • Wilmot Proviso – no slavery at all • Calhoun said slaves are property protected by the 5th amendment • Popular Sovereignty – let the people of the territory vote on slavery (developed by Stephen Douglas) Compromise of 1850 (Henry Clay) • California would come in as a free state • Popular Sovereignty in the rest of the Mexican Cession • Tougher Fugitive Slave Law • Abolished slave trade in DC
Early 1850s: Time of relative peace until Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written. Clay and Calhoun died in the early 50s thinking they saved the union.
Kansas Nebraska Act: (1854) Stephen Douglas • Divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into Kansas and Nebraska • Declared Popular Sovereignty for the area
** This made the Missouri Compromise line null and void.
Formation of the Republican Party: • Opposed the extension/expansion of slavery • Wanted the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Bleeding Kansas: • A race began between the pro and anti slavery forces to settle Kansas. • Result on election day : two constitutions • A “Mini Civil War” broke out. (Sack of Lawrence) • Kansas came in as a free state in 1861 Kansas-Constitution: ( don’t get bogged down in
Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude
Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession) The question of slavery arose. (free v. slave states) Suggestions: • Extend the 36 30 line • Wilmot Proviso – no slavery at all • Calhoun said slaves are property protected by the 5th amendment • Popular Sovereignty – let the people of the territory vote on slavery (developed by Stephen Douglas) Compromise of 1850 (Henry Clay) • California would come in as a free state • Popular Sovereignty in the rest of the Mexican Cession • Tougher Fugitive Slave Law • Abolished slave trade in DC
Early 1850s: Time of relative peace until Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written. Clay and Calhoun died in the early 50s thinking they saved the union.
Kansas Nebraska Act: (1854) Stephen Douglas • Divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into Kansas and Nebraska • Declared Popular Sovereignty for the area
** This made the Missouri Compromise line null and void.
Formation of the Republican Party: • Opposed the extension/expansion of slavery • Wanted the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Bleeding Kansas: • A race began between the pro and anti slavery forces to settle Kansas. • Result on election day : two constitutions • A “Mini Civil War” broke out. (Sack of Lawrence) • Kansas came in as a free state in 1861 Kansas-Constitution: ( don’t get bogged down in