from compromise to conflict: the crisis unfolds
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From Compromise to Conflict: The Crisis Unfolds. TCI’s History Alive!. COMPROMISE OF 1850. California admitted as a free state New Mexico & Utah territories opened to slavery Slave trade banned in Washington, D.C. Strict Fugitive Slave Act adopted. DRED SCOTT DECISION. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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From Compromise to Conflict:The Crisis Unfolds
TCI’s History Alive!
COMPROMISE OF 1850• California admitted as a free state (NORTH)• New Mexico & Utah territories opened to slavery
(SOUTH)• slave trade banned in Washington, D.C. (NORTH)• strict Fugitive Slave Act adopted (SOUTH)
DRED SCOTT v. SANDFORD (1857) DECISION
• African-Americans are not citizens, but property protected by the 5th Amendment
• Dred Scott remains a slave under Missouri law• Congress cannot ban slavery in any territory• the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
the election of Abraham Lincoln↓
Southern Secession
Abraham Lincoln’s refusal toaccept Southern Secession
↓the Civil War
“preserve the Union”
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