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Compromise of 1850
AP American History with Jeffries at Helias High School
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By: Jessica Duncan
Created: 2011-11-17
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Created: 2011-11-17
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What was discovered two weeks before the treaty with Mexico where they signed over California to America?
gold
About how many people were involved in the gold rush?
100,000
How did Taylor view the gold rush?
quick fix to slave debate
What did Taylor have California do?
write own constitution
What did California write in their constitution?
no slavery
What did this mean for the South?
in truoble
What did this mean for the North?
North will have power in the Senate
What does the South do in the summer of 1850?
holds convention in Nashville
What is talked about at the South's convention?
radicals talk about succession; moderates take control of convention; moderates snuff out talk about succession;
What are the South radical's called?
fireaters
How many states send representatives to the South's convention?
9:15
Why is Taylor not considered the head of the Whig Party?
Clay and Webster were leaders; both want to be president; fought with Taylor by not cooperating;
What does Clay do before the convention in May of 1850?
proposed the Compromise of 1850
What did Taylor call Clay because he proposed the Compromise of 1850 and didn't consult Taylor?
glory hunter
What does the Compromise of 1850?
ugly debate between radicals of North and south
What did the Compromise of 1850 give the North?
- California is a free state
- no slave trade in D.C.
- West Texas would go to New Mexico
What did the Compromise of 1850 give the South?
- slavery continued in D.C.
- strict fugitive slave law
- popular sovereignty
fugitive slave law
required Northern states to return runaway slaves
popular sovreignty
allowed people in the territory to vote on slave or free state
What does Calhoun do as a response to the compromise of 1850?
writes a rebuttle speech
What does Calhoun say in his rebuttle speech?
- too much legislature is passed agianst the South;
- the South has to have equal rights in territories;
- better enforcement of fugitive slave law
- if not done, the South would succeed
What does Webster do in response to the Compromise of 1850?
gave a speech
What did Webster say in his speech?
- slavery wasn't suited for territories because cotton wouldn't grow
- told abolitionists to shut up
- fugitive slave law should be enforced
- urged both sides to compromise
What did Taylor do in response to Calhoun's speech?
threatened to hang the first successionist he got his hands on (Calhoun)
Why does this crisis blow over?
everyone dies
- Calhoun died 3 weeks after speech
- Taylor died on July 9th after having too much bbq and drink on the fourth of July
Miller Fillmore
new president (had been VP)
wanted compromise
Who was Fillmore's new Secretary of State?
Webster
What happens to the Compromise of 1850?
takes months to go through Congress
What does the compromise of 1850 do to Clay?
exhausts him because he is 70 years old
Steven Douglass
Senator from Illinois; Democrat; had a great career;
gets compromised passed;
What does Clay know about the Compromise of 1850?
wouldn't pass as a package
What did Clay do to get the Compromise of 1850 passed?
took each section and had Congress vote on it separately
What could slave cathcers do because of the Fugitive Salve Act?
could pursue slaves in North
Personal Liberty Laws
state laws say they wouldn't enforce Fugitive Slave Act;
What does the Supreme Court say about the Personal Liberty Laws?
unconstitutional
What does the North do in response to the Supreme Court decision about Personal Liberty Laws?
ignores
What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
postponed Civil War
How did the Compromise of 1850 do for the North?
increased population, railroad use, etc. which puts the North in better shape to win the war in 1860
What happened in the 1850s?
crisis happen again and again
Uncle Tom's Cabin-1852
written by Harriet Beecher Stowe; showed North about slavery; sold 1 million copies in North; South outlawed the book;
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin affect on the North?
sensation; realized slavery was awful; converted to anti-slave cause; never the same;
What did Lincoln say when he met Stowe?
"So you're the little lady that started the war"
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin affect on the South?
united South in support of slavery, even those who didn't have slaves;
About this deck
By: Jessica Duncan
Created: 2011-11-17
Size: 43 flashcards
Views: 18
Created: 2011-11-17
Size: 43 flashcards
Views: 18
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