1820 Maine would enter as a free state, Missouri would enter as a slave state: It would exclude...
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1820 Maine would enter as a free state, Missouri would enter as a slave state: It would exclude slavery from the Missouri Territory north of the parallel 36 30 North except within the limits for the proposed state of Missouri.
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1820Maine would enter as a free state, Missouri would enter as a slave state: It would exclude slavery from the Missouri Territory north of the parallel 36 30 North except within the limits for the proposed state of Missouri.
Ones step closer to Manifest Destiny.Led us into the Mexican-American War over boundary disputes. Mexico lost and gave us the Mexican Cession which is the rest of the south-western territory.
Which led to the questions about if slavery would be allowed in this area
•Texas would relinquish the land in dispute for $10 mil.•NM,NV, AZ, and UT would be organized w/out mention of slavery.•Washington DC would end slave trade but slavery would still exist•California would enter as a free state- off set balance in congress•Fugitive Slave Act- North help South recover fugitive slaves
Required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves. It denied a fugitive’s right to a jury trial. The act called for changes in filing for a claim, making the process easier for slave owners. Also, there would be more federal officials responsible for enforcing the law.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published in 1852
Anti-Slavery Novel
Abolitionist : People fighting to end slavery
Sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than the nation as a whole.
Created the territories of Kansas & Nebraska- allow settlers to decide about slavery
Repealed Missouri CompromisePopular Sovereignty- settlers could vote to decide whether to allow slavery.
He nor any person of African
ancestry, could claim citizenship in
the United States, and that therefore
Scott could not bring suit in federal
court under diversity of citizenship
rules.Also, could not deprive Scott’s
owner of his property.
I have no intent to
invade Southern states,
nor did I intend to end
slavery where it
existed, but that I will
use force to
maintain possession of
federal property.
His election led to South Carolina to secede from the Union
Supported individual states’ rights and the institution of slavery.
11 Southern States joined the Confederate side
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War.
