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WEEK 6 AMERICAN STUDIES 24 MARCH 2014 COMPROMISES: CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

WEEK 6 AMERICAN STUDIES 24 MARCH 2014 COMPROMISES: CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?. Leading up to the Civil War, opinions became more and more polarized. "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS” . “Slavery is a positive good.”. John C. Calhoun. Wm. Lloyd Garrison.

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WEEK 6 AMERICAN STUDIES 24 MARCH 2014 COMPROMISES: CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

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  1. WEEK 6AMERICAN STUDIES24 MARCH 2014COMPROMISES:CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

  2. Leading up to the Civil War, opinions became more and more polarized. "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS” “Slavery is a positive good.” John C. Calhoun Wm. Lloyd Garrison

  3. In Haiti slaves had killed their masters and had taken over the country.

  4. Slave owners in the U.S. lived in fear of slave rebellions

  5. The Abolition movement started small, but grew rapidly. Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was the 2nd best selling book of the 19th century. Only the Bible sold more copies.

  6. Pro & anti-slavery people started taking the law into their own hands Was compromise possible? Could the Civil War have been prevented?

  7. COMPROMISE WAS WRITTEN INTO THE CONSTITUTION • The 13 original states were like 13 separate countries. • Some were big, some small. • Some had big cities, some were rural. • Some had slaves, some didn’t. • They made some major compromises--

  8. 1st Compromise—States kept some power for themselves • States would govern what took place within their own borders— • marriage, • education, • property taxes, • most criminal penalties • slavery

  9. The Federal government would govern things that applied to all the states and foreign policy. • Interstate commerce • Printing money • Post Office • War & peace • Navy • Bill of Rights

  10. 2nd Compromise (in the Constitution):The “Great Compromise”: Two Houses of Congress • House of Representatives • States with the most people got the most representatives • Made big states happy • Senate • Each state given the same number of senators (2) • Made small states happy

  11. 3rd Compromise: the 3/5 Rule • States w/ slavery got to count each slave as 3/5 of a person even though slaves couldn’t vote. • This roughly balanced power between free states and slave states in the House of Representatives

  12. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Maine enters the Union as a free state • Missouri enters as a slave state • Equal number of slave & free states • Line drawn to separate slave & free territory in the West (see next slide)

  13. Maps • Go to this website to see an animation of how the status of slave/free states changed over time-- • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Slave_Free_1789-1861.gif

  14. Henry Clay,The Great Compromiser • Sen. From Kentucky • Greatly admired politician • Lincoln’s hero • “Would rather be right than President” • Brought about 2 major compromises • Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Compromise of 1850 • Postponed the Civil War, did not prevent it

  15. The Compromise of 1850 • Anti-slavery • California enters as free state • Slave auctions not allowed in Washington, D.C. • Pro-slavery • N. Mex., Ariz.,Utah, Nevada—people can vote on slavery • Fugitive Slave Act made it easier to catch & return runaways It preserved the Union for another 11 years.

  16. The Great Compromiser who wouldn’t compromise.Lincoln was opposed to slavery but was willing to allow it to continue in states where it was legal. He was totally against allowing slavery to spread into the new states and territories of the West. On this he would not compromise. The slave owners knew slavery had to expand or die out. When Lincoln became President in 1861, eleven Southern states seceded from the Union. The Civil War had begun.

  17. Over 600,000 Americans would die.

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