The issue of slavery Flashcards
What were the clauses that delegates supporting slavery included in the constitution?
- Prohibted congress from banning the importation of slaves until 1808
- Counted slaves as 3/5 the number of white citizens when allocating seats in congress
3.escaped slaves who moved to a free state had to be returned to their owners (Fugitive Slave Law)
How did states protect slavery?
3/5 rule meant that southern states were over represented in congress
majority of states meant that they could prevent constitutional ammendments banning slavery
argued that slavery was important for the cotton industry and the country’s prosperity
What were the impacts of conflict?
1808, banned importation of slaves
northern population was increasing so they was more representation for anti-slavery states
More sates entered the union as free states and by the 1820s, there was an equal number of slave and free states
What were the impacts of the Missouri Compromise in 1820
36,30 line established
maine joined union as a free state
why did support for the abolitionist movement increase more radically in the 1830s-1850s?
Saw slavery as immoral
relized that cotton was why slavery was still in south
stories told by escaped slaves raised awareness
radical abolitionist publications
How did pro slavery states argue against slavery?
argued it was condoned in bible
it was integral to economy
it benefited slaves as they were unable to take care of themselves
argued for the doctrine of “popular sovereignty”
What did the Kansas Nebraska Act do and when was it implemented
1854, created the territories of Kansas + nebraska opening them to settlement
What was the impact of the Kansas Nebraska Act?
people flooded into Kansas to influence vote
formation of abolitionist republican party to fight against slavery in federal elections
What was the dred scott case and when did it occur?
1857, supreme court ruled on a case involving Dred Scott, a freed slave whose former owner wanted him returned
What were the impacts of the dred scott case?
Ruled that dred was not entitled to freedom and AA could never be US citizens
ruled that missouri compromise was unconstitutional because federal government had no right to prohibit slavery
only remaining solution= allowing it in territories or passing an amendment banning it.
