The Sectional Crisis: Compromise of 1850

1. The Sectional Crisis:Compromise of 1850 Mr. Bach Hudson High School Accelerated United States History

2. The Past: Declaration of Independence (1776) • Why was the compromise needed? • What was the compromise?

3. The Past: Constitutional Convention (1787) • Why was the compromise needed? • What was the compromise?

4. The Past: Missouri Compromise (1820) Why was the compromise needed? What was the compromise?

5. Compromise of 1850 Why was the compromise needed? What was the compromise?

6. Architects of the Compromise of 1850 Senator Henry Clay (Whig-KY) Senator Daniel Webster (Whig – MA) Senator Stephen Douglass (Democrat – IL)

7. The Fugitive Slave Act • Required ALL U.S. citizens to become enforcers of slavery • Special courts have economic incentive to favor slaveholders

8. The Debate Enters Pop Culture Eliza escapes across the frozen Ohio River Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Bombshell