sectionalism part 1 7
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Sectionalism
A Nation Divides
Sectionalism
• The Country divides over:– Economy Differences– Expansion out West– Slavery Issues
3/5 Compromise
• 1787• Counting slaves in population for voting in the
South– Gets Constitution ratified
Northwest Ordinance
• 1787• Early law outlawed slavery in new territories
out West
Missouri Compromise
• 1819• Henry Clay: Keeps balance in Union with
compromise– Missouri: Slave state– Maine: Free state
Wilmot Proviso
• 1846• David Wilmot [PA]: New bill BANS slavery in
lands won in the Mexican War [Southwest & West]– It does NOT get passed
Compromise of 1850
• Henry Clay: Creates another compromise– California: Free state– New Mexico & Utah: Popular Sovereignty
• Border Dispute: Texas & New Mexico settled• Congress Power: NO POWER over slave trade
between states
Popular Sovereignty: the people make the decision by voting
Compromise of 1850• Washington D.C.: Slave trade BANNED• Fugitive Slave Law: Required ALL citizens to
help catch runaway slaves.– 6 months or $1,000 fine– Special Courts were created– North HATED this new law
Kansas-Nebraska Act
• 1854• Popular Sovereignty: People vote to decide
on slavery for the states• Border Ruffians: Moved across state lines to
influence the voting
Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Kansas: Pro slave government– DEATH PENALTY for helping runaway slaves– 2-yr Prison term for speaking out against slavery
• Bleeding Kansas: John Brown leads abolitionists in guerilla warfare. Killed 200 people
Abolitionists: against slavery- wanted to ‘abolish’ it,Many fought against slavery in the name of religion.
Slavery
• Slavery was dividing the nation– Slaveholders– Abolitionists– Moderates
Slaveholders
• South– Their way of life was being threatened– Economy would be crushed– Wanted slavery in ALL STATES– Wanted North to help catch runaway slaves
Abolitionists
• North– South was like a “foreign country”– Wanted slavery stopped EVERYWHERE– Slavery was a moral wrong
Moderates
• Moderates– Lived everywhere– Wanted Missouri Compromise to go across the
entire nation– Wanted Popular Sovereignty to decide slave
issues
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