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Growing Tensions Over Slavery: Key Events and Figures in American History

Chapter 14.1 explores the escalating tensions surrounding slavery in the United States during the 19th century. It covers significant events such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the impact of the Mexican-American War, and the emergence of the Free-Soil Party. Key figures like Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster play pivotal roles in debates over popular sovereignty and the fate of slavery in new territories. The chapter highlights the fragility of the balance between free and slave states, leading to intense conflicts that shaped the nation's future.

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Growing Tensions Over Slavery: Key Events and Figures in American History

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  1. Chapter 14.1 Growing Tensions Over Slavery

  2. Key Terms and People • Popular sovereignty • Secede • Fugitive • Henry Clay • John Calhoun • Daniel Webster

  3. Why It Matters • The Missouri Compromise of 1820 helped settle the slavery issue for awhile • The Mexican War which added new territory will stir the slavery issue again • This renewed the struggle over “states’ rights’ and slavery

  4. Slavery and the Mexican-American War • Still Balanced: 1820-1846: 4 new free states and 4 slaveholding states entered in the Union

  5. The Wilmot Proviso • Missouri Compromise only dealt with Louisiana Territory • David Wilmot proposed that Congress ban any slavery in the Mexican Cession • Passed the House of Representative but slide to a stop in the Senate. Why?

  6. The Antislavery Party • Rise of new political party arose over the issue or problem of slavery • Democrats and Whigs would not take a stand on slavery. Why?

  7. Popular Sovereignty • Proposed by Senator Cass of Michigan that allowed people made the decision by voting rather or not there would be slavery. • The Democrats and Whigs that wanted to address the problem of slavery formed the Free-Soil Party

  8. Martin Van Buren Again • Free-Soil Party chooses Martin Van Buren to be there candidate in the 1848 presidential elections • They called for “free-soil” in the Mexican Cession

  9. Zachary Taylor Wins

  10. 1848 Elections • Martin Van Buren: Free-Soil Party • Lewis Cass: Democrat • Zachary Taylor: Whig

  11. Zachary Taylor

  12. Bitter DebatePage 484 • California wants enter the Union as a free State • Upset the Balance • South will secede if admission into the Union will upset the balance in the Senate • South also angry over the runaway slaves that many Northerners helped escape • YOU HAVE STOLEN PROPERY and we want them back.

  13. Henry Clay saves the day! • He proposed the Compromise of 1850 • Daniel Webster supported this compromise • John C. Calhoun was clearly disagreed with this compromise

  14. Compromise of 1850 • California becomes a Free State • The North will return slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act: • Banned selling slaves in Washington, DC • Popular Sovereignty

  15. Important stuff • Wilmot Proviso • Free-Soil Party • Proposed California statehood • Bitter Conflict over Slavery

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