Compromise Flashcards
Compromise of 1850 (North) who?
Henry Clay- Kentucky Senator
North: California admitted as a free state
Buying and selling of slaves in DC is prohibited
TX loses boundary dispute with New Mexico
Compromise of 1850 (south) Who?
Henry Clay- Kentucky Senator
South:
No federal slave restrictions in the Utah or New Mexico territories
Owning slaves in DC is still legal
Fed Gov gives TX $10 million
A tougher fugitive slave law
Fugitive Slave Act, 1850 (+N reaction)
Made it easier to track down and capture fugitive slaves who escaped to the north and return them to the south
North reaction: law strongly resisted
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 (who?) (N & S benefits)
Stephen Douglas (how to organize slaver in new territories)
North benefit:
Southern support for a northern transcontinental railroad
South benefit:
Pop sov. Used to decide slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
Missouri comp had forbidden slavery here, aka let’s throw that out the window
Republican Party, June 1854
Upset with Kansas-Nebraska act, members of the Free soil, Whig, and democratic parties joined together to create the rep. Party
They opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories
Lecompton Constitution, 1857
(Fed gov response)
Pro Slavery constitution drawn up by ppl from Missouri to govern Kansas
Anti Slavery settlers refused to recognize the constitution and created their own gov in Topeka, Kansas
Response from fed gov:
President Pierce did nothing abt Kansas
President Buchanan asked congress to accept the Lecompton and declare Kansas a slave state
Congress REJECTS
Nat Turner’s Revolt, 1831
(What happened & results)
What happened:
Turner led 70 slaves in Virginia in an uprising that killed 55 white men, women, and children
Turner and other rebelling slaves were captured
17 men, including Turner were Hung as punishment
The hysteria caused by the revolt resulted in white mobs murdering abt 200 blacks
Results:
S stated tightened slave laws as a fear of other s revolts
More Nerners began to support the abolition of slavery
Nullification Crisis 1832-1833
The tariff of 1828 (Tariff of abomination) was opposed by south
The tariff of 1833 only slightly modified the 1828 tariff
In November 1832, South Carolina legislature passed an Ordinance of Nullification declaring the tariffs null and void
I’m 1833, congress passed the Force Bill giving Andrew Jackson the authority to use the military to collect the tariff
South Carolina rescinded its Nullification, but later declared the Force Bill Null.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Significant Anti slavery tool
Helped N and Europeans to regard slave owners as inhumane and cruel
Bleeding Kansas 1855-1861
As a direct consequence of the Kansas Nebraska act, fighting broke out between pro slavery and anti slavery groups
John Browns Raid, October 16, 1859
(Harpers Ferry, Virginia)
John Brown, his sons, and former slaves attacked the Federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry
Brown wanted to use the arsenal’s weapons to arm the Virginia slaves to revolt against their masters
Federal Troops defeated the revolt
Captured raiders including John Brown are put on trial and executed by hanging
