Plans Missouri Compromise Wilmot Proviso Compromise of 1850

Plans Missouri Compromise Wilmot Proviso Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act Date passed What it did How it dealt with slavery: -Did it change any state/territory that already had a decision about slavery? -Did it open up any western territory to slavery?

Missouri Compromise (1820) n n Nation was currently divided with 11 free and 11 slave states Missouri was admitted as a slave state. Maine was admitted as a free state. n n To keep the balance in Congress (12 free/12 slave) Made slavery illegal north of the 36° 30’ parallel. Slavery was still legal south of the 36° 30’ line. Applied only to the territory acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.

Wilmot Proviso n n Proposed by David Wilmot in 1846 Called for a law to outlaw slavery in the land won from the war with Mexico (Mexican Cession) n Passed in the House but defeated in the Senate

Compromise of 1850 n n n Presented by Rep. Henry Clay California was admitted as a free state. Remainder of the Mexican Cession was divided into New Mexico and Utah. The people of these territories were allowed to vote on whether to allow slavery (popular sovereignty) Abolished the slave trade in Wash. D. C. Proposed a new, more strict Fugitive Slave Law Settled a border dispute of Texas

Fugitive Slave Act n n n Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves Special courts were set up to handle runaways Judges received $10 for sending the accused back to the South, but only $5 for setting them free Made northerners feel as though they were part of the slave system again Accused not allowed a jury trial

Kansas-Nebraska Act n n Introduced by Stephen Douglas in 1854 Repealing the Missouri Compromise Organized Kansas and Nebraska territories and allowed the people to determine the issue of slavery (popular sovereignty) Pro-slavery and anti-slavery patrons crossed into these territories to cast ballots (in order to sway the vote - fraudulent victory leads to violent struggle over slavery in Kansas)

Bleeding Kansas n n n Pro-slavery activists traveled to Lawrence, KS, an anti-slavery stronghold, and smashed the press of the Free-Soil newspaper John Brown, an abolitionist, traveled to Pottawatomie Creek and killed five proslavery men Describes the blood-shed and violence in the western territories