History FINAL Causes of the Civil War/Civil War Itself Part 1 Flashcards
SC Nullification Crisis (1832-1833)
Nullifies Tariff of 1828
Stops collecting tax money
Threatens succession
Congress lowers taxes
SC backs down, but leaves Nullification and secession issues
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
Even number of free or slave states at the time (11)
Senate power was even
Many feel power should be restricted to free states
North MA (ME) enters as a free state
Missouri enters as a slave state
Sets line for legal slavery at 36 30
Wilmont Proviso (1846)
Proposed law that banned slavery in any territory won from Mexico
Passed in the House of Representatives but not the senate
Brings slavery to the forefront of politics
Exposes sectionalism
Written by David Wilmont
Compromise of 1850
Written by Henry Clay, the “Great Pacificator” between Calhoun (south) and Webster (north)
1. CA admitted as a free state
2. Popular Sovereignty decides slavery in NM and UT
3. Slave trade ended in Washington DC
4. Congress passes a new fugitive Slave Act
Passed by congress September of 1850, all clays provisions passed separately
Reactions to the Compromise of 1850
Calhoun complains that the south is left unprotected
Webster resorts to union and nationalism reluctantly “the union is perpetual”
The new fugitive Slave Act
Part of the Compromise Act of 1850
Runaway slaves returned to masters
Anyone aiding runaway slaves face fines or prison
Law officers get bonuses or promotions for returning slaves
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851-1852)
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Uncle Tom” submits to horrors of slavery, doesn’t fight back, he’s submissive
300,000 copies sold in the first year, mostly by abolitionists
Kansas Nebraska Act (1854)
Senator Stephen Douglas (Ill) proposes creation of governments in Kansas and Nebraska territories
Popular Sovereignty decides territories
Leads to bleeding Kansas.
Bleeding Kansas
Border ruffians cross border from Missouri into Kansas, violent against non pro slavery people
Northern abolitionists also flood Kansas, and establish Lawrence Kansas.
2 established governments apply for statehood
