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Compromise of 1820
Missouri = Slave state Maine = Free state Slave and free states separate at 3630 parallel California = free Texas gets 10 mil. New Mexico gets disputed land Abolished slave trade in Dist. Of Columbia Slaves who ran from their masters in order to escape to free soil
This compromise kept Not happy, but a fragile harmony placated between the N & S
Allowed the north and south to keep to their own areas and have their own ideas Allows southerners to get their slaves back; slavery is protected by the constitution
Compromise of 1850
Happy about the concessions given to them, up in arms about the new fugitive slave act Abolitionists from the north were happy to help these runaway slaves
Slave trade is done away with, and a large amount of land is given over to free states Inalienable rights, all men are created equal, free soil
Uneasy about the addition of California as a free state, which tips the balance; placated by the fugitive slave act Angered about the lack of cooperation from other states; loss of profit
Runaway Slaves
Slaves are not considered citizens, and therefore do not have rights
They were angered and most were forced to pick a stance once and for all on slavery
They were brutal, bloodhound laws which enforced inhumane punishments on those seeking freedom Allowed abolitionists to spread the word about free states
Popular Sovereignty
The doctrine which stated the people in a territory could declare their own stance on slavery
Was appreciated due to the way it upheld democracy and selfdetermination Were wildly against this since they looked at the Missouri Compromise as sacred Many blamed the fights on the South
The addition of this new law allowed southerners to feel more at ease about the introduction of California as a free state Was appreciated due to the way it upheld democracy and selfdetermination
Slaves should be returned to their rightful master due to the large amount of $$$ spent on their maintenance allowed proslaveryites to keep the North from taking away their rights Gave the south a chance to even out the number of free and slave states The start of the incidents may be traced back to Reverend Beecher who helped raise money for the purchase of Sharps rifles
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Nebraska would be split into Kansas and Nebraska Both get popular sovereignty A small-scale civil war in Kansas between abolitionists and slavery supporters
This violated the Wanted the chance to Missouri Compromise get another slave which was settled state into the union thirty-four years ago They had not started the conflict, it was only assumed by southerners and slave owners in Kansas The south was outraged at the North, and supported their antiabolitionist brothers
Bloody Kansas
Many were moved by the emotional appeals written within the novel They were horrified with the courts decision
Exposes the cruel treatment of slaves on plantations by their southern masters the ruling of the court was merely an opinion, not a decision Brown had been fighting for abolition, a just cause
Enraged by the lies She did not actually written in the book; witness slavery in the did not think it was an deep south first-hand accurate portrayal of slavery in the south They hoped this would put an end to the idea of slaves suing their masters for freedom They despised Brown and how some of the north revered his violence in the furtherance of abolition They were very unhappy with Lincolns election The constitution protects slavery, and slaves are not considered to be citizens John Brown had slaughtered innocent civilians in order to achieve his goal
John Brown
Some thought of him as a martyr, while others were outraged that he was executed
Election of 1800
Even if the Little Giant had received all the electoral votesthe railsplitter would have won, 169 to 134
He did not make any effort to assure the south of anything, and therefore it led to the disquieting fear of the future abolition of slavery by the president