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The Crisis
of Union
Aljon Cruzada, Emmanuel Gutierrez,
Hai Tran, Anthony Yamashiro
Pro-/Anti- Slavery arguments and
conflicts
Anti Slavery Argument● “America is God’s promised land so slavery along with segregation must
end leading to their integration in America”
● Many abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison demanded for
immediate emancipation of slaves.
Pro Slavery Argument
● Slaves are essential with the nations new technology, leading to a better
economic future.
● John C. Calhoun along with other southerners stated that all men are not
created equal and liberty must be won through superiority.
- These arguments led to a separation between two nations: South VS North
Compromise of 1850
● Developed by Henry Clay
● admitted California into Union as a free state (pleased the North)
● divided the rest of the Southwest into 2 territories- NM and Ut- and opened
both to slavery (pleased the South)
● ended slave trade in Washington DC, but allowed existing slaveholders
there to keep their slaves (benefitting both the North and South)
Fugitive Slave Law and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
● Fugitive Slave Law:
○ stated to return escaped slaves that have migrated up north to the free
states because Southerners felt that it was their right to have their
“property” returned to them.
○ caused friction because Northerners felt it was immoral and
Southerners believed that their way of life was right.
● Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Harriet B. Stowe (1852)
○ intensified North vs. South friction
○ described cruelties of slavery through a slave (Uncle Tom)
Popular Sovereignty
● Rule by the people living in a territory to be able to vote whether or not to
be able to make slavery legal.
● Important to abolitionists because they believed this policy would make it
easier to come to a national compromise without tensions rising.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
● In 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill to
organize the Great Plains for settlement.
● The territories of Kansas and Nebraska were organized
for popular sovereignty, which allowed people in both
territories to decide for themselves whether or not to
allow slavery within their borders.
● The Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820
which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
How did the people react?
● The Northerners were infuriated and feared
that the Act was a concession to the slave
power of the South
● The pro-slavery Southerners, however,
strongly supported the Act
Emergence of the Republican Party
● The Kansas-Nebraska Act and other pro-slavery legislation led to the
emergence of the new Republican Party
● The new Republican Party was created in opposition to the act, aimed to
stop the expansion of slavery, and soon emerged as the dominant force
throughout the North.
Abraham Lincoln
-He came into office in 1861 and had to deal with many problematic dilemmas that had
connection with the North versus the South. He was one of the most important
president because he created the pathway that led the African people out of slavery;
He created liberty and later embedded a sense of union in the separated country.
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863: A doctrine issued by Lincoln in which it freed all
the slaves in the rebellious (confederate) states, but kept the slaves in the border
states in bondage. Abraham’s decision was to help strengthen the spirit of the
northern Union.
Gettysburg Address: One of the most famous speeches in American history, it was
given in dedication to all of the soldiers that gave up their lives in the battle of
Gettysburg. The speech was important because Lincoln eloquently addressed the
war’s purpose, and ultimately bring humane equality for all in the United States.
Secession
The separation of northern and southern states during the Civil War era. The
north became known as Union, and the south became known as the
Confederates. The secession was caused by Congressional Government
tax on all states, even counting in the slaves. The South, mostlikely, did not
like the idea and proposed that they would rather break off, leading to
secession.
AP Questions
1) Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it?:
a) provided that cotton be substituted for currency as a medium of
exchange.
b) made the number of free states and slave states equal.
c) legalized slavery in all the newly acquired territories.
d) provided for the possible creation of five states out of Texas.
e) provided for the return of fugitive slaves.
AP Questions (Answers)
1) Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it?:
a) provided that cotton be substituted for currency as a medium of
exchange.
b) made the number of free states and slave states equal.
c) legalized slavery in all the newly acquired territories.
d) provided for the possible creation of five states out of Texas.
e) provided for the return of fugitive slaves.
AP Questions
2)
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that?:
a) Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States.
b) Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court.
c) the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
d) Congress had no power to ban slavery from a territory
e) all of the above
AP Questions (Answers)
2)
The Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that?:
a) Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States.
b) Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court.
c) the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
d) Congress had no power to ban slavery from a territory
e) all of the above