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Crisis
Expanding or
restricting
slavery????
Gold Run
Eldorado
Dutch Flats
Chinese Camps
French Corral
Negro Bar
Iowa Hill
California Threatens
Power
Meanwhile
Texas was still a slave state claiming
land that was part of New Mexico.
The north was also disgusted at the
ongoing practice of slavery in the
nation's capital Washington DC. a
practice the south was not willing to
let go.
Meanwhile
New Mexico and Utah were
organizing to become territories.
Southerners demand the government
to enforce the fugitive slave law of
1793.
The lines were drawn as the three
Senatorial giants took the stage for
the last critical time
Past
Compromises
Henry Clay
Succession Becomes a
Reality
Several issues divide the members
- California Statehood
- Texas claims eastern New Mexico
-North demands abolition in D.C
-South threatens secession more
often
-No enforcement of Fugitive Slave
Act
Rage debates
Debate over ratification of the
compromise raged for months.
Northern radicals like William
Seward, argued that the morality
of Gods Higher law against
slavery was more important that
popular sovereignty or national
unity.
Raged Debates
Violence in the Senate occurred
Debates dragged on with dozen of
speeches
Equally radical southerners
organized boycotts against
northern goods.
Promoted separation from the
union.
Stephan A. Douglas
Took Charge
Along with Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster and John
C. Calhoun they
proposed the
Compromise of 1850
Douglas steered each
piece of element of
Clays plan through the
Congress, persuading the
Senate to adopt each
measure separately.
Compromise of 1850
California was admitted as a free state.
Policy of popular sovereignty was applied
to the territory acquired from Mexico.
Texas relinquished its claims on New
Mexico and returned $10million from the
federal government to settle its debts.
One by one, each provision passed and slavery
would remain undisturbed in Washington,
D.C, but the slave trade was prohibited.
RESPONSE BY ABOLITIONISTS
SOUTHERNERS RESPOND
Southerners threatened war
Believed it should be enforced
because the Constitution
protects property and Federal
law is over State law.
Case Studies
read both contemporary newspaper
reports and respond to the questions
at the end of each account.
Was it an outrage or a rescue
when black men whisked fugitive
slave Shadrach Minkins out of the
federal court house in downtown
Boston?
Class discussion
Critical Thinking
Answer 6 and 7 critical thinking on
page 197 make sure you include
information from notes and prior
knowledge in a 5-7 sentence
summary.