SECTIONALIZATION

CENTRIPTAL VS CENTRIFUGAL

SALVERY AND COMPROMISE

WHY COMPROMISE?

MORAL OUTRAGE

POLITICAL

ECONOMIC

WHAT SORT OF COMPROMISES?

SECTIONALISM AND EXPANSION

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

BANS SLAVERY NORTH OF THE OHIO/EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

COMPROMISE AND THE COSTITUTION

3/5 COMPROMISE

SLAVE TRADE TO END IN 1808

$10 HEAD TAX

FUGITIVE SLAVE PROVISION

SECTIONALISM AND EXPANSION

MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1820

1818 MISSOURI APPLIES FOR STATEHOOD

EVEN # SLAVE VS FREE STATES (11 EACH)

MISSOURI 1^ST OF LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXCEPT LOUISIANA 1812 (PRECEDENT)

1820 MAINE APPLIED

COMPROMISE

MAINE A FREE STATE

MISSOURI SLAVE

SLAVERY BANNED IN REST OF PURCHASE ABOVE 36/30

SECTIONALISM AND COMPROMISE

WILMOT PROVISO 1846

WAR WITH MEXICO

ANY TERRITORY WON IS FREE PASSED IN HOUSE X2

STOPPED IN SENATE

UNDERSCORES SLAVERY’S POLITICAL NEED TO EXPAND

SLAVERS CANNOT MATCH NORTH’S POPULATION

TO HAVE POLITICAL PARITY

MUST HAVE = REPRESENTATION IN SENATE

SECTIONALIZATION AND COMPROMISE

COMROMISE OF 1850

1849 GOLD IN CALIFORNIA

1850 CALIFORNIA (POP. 90,0000) APPLIES FOR STATEHOOD AS A FREE STATE

WOULD UPSET BALANCE (15 APIECE)

TAYLOR WOULD VETO SLAVE ACTION

TAYLOR DIES IN OFFICE (JULY)

MILLARD FILMORE FAVORS COMPROMISE

SECTIONALISM AND COMPROMISE

COMPROMISE OF 1850

CALIFORNIA ADMITTED AS FREE STATE

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN REMAINDER OF MEXICAN CESSION

NORTHERN BOUNDRY OF TEXAS FIXED (36/30) TEXAS PAID FOR REMAINDER

SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED IN D.C.

FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW STRENGTHENED

COMPROMISE

COMPROMISE OF 1854 (KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT)

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

LOUISIANA LANDS BETWEEN 37 AND 49 LATITUDE ORGANIZED INTO 2 TERRITORIES: KANSAS/NEBRASKA

MISSOURI COMPROMISE BAN REPEALED

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

COMPROMISE

EFFECTS OF KANSAS NEBRASKA

WHIG PARTY SPLITS: NORTH AND SOUTH

FORMATION OF NEW POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN PARTY (GOP) ANTI-SLAVE/PRO-UNION

SOUTHERN WHIGS BECOME DEMOCRATS

BLEEDING KANSAS

INCREASED INTEREST IN ABOLITIONISM

ADAPTION OF PERSONAL LIBERTY LAWS IN NORTH (COUNTERACT FUGITIVE SLAVE LAWS)

SECTIONALIZATION AND EXPANSION

1790-2 MILLION LBS COTTON IN USA

1793 ELI WHITNEY

1800 40 MILLION LBS

COTTON EXHAUSTS SOIL QUICKLY

CHEAPER TO ACQUIRE NEW LAND

NEW LAND SUITABLE SOUTH AND WEST

MORE SLAVES NEEDED

1808 END OF SLAVE IMPORTATION

OLDER PLANTATIONS WHERE LAND IS EXHAUSTED BECOME BREEDING CENTERS

SECTIONALIZATION AND EXPANSION

FOR SOUTHERNERS LAND WAS ESSENTIAL

SOUTH IN FOREFRONT OF EXPANSION

WESTERNERS ALSO IN FAVOR OF EXPANSION, NOT SLAVERSECTIONALIZATION AND EXPANSION

SECTIONALISM AND EXPANSION

WHERE DID THE SECTIONS STAND ON ISSUES?

WHAT ISSUES?

TARIFFS

NATIONAL BANK

GOVERNMENT INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

ROADS

CANALS

IMMIGRATION

SLAVERY (EXPANSION)

SECTIONALSIM AND EXPANSION

NORTH

HIGH TARIFFS-YES-PROTECT MANUFACTURES

NATIONAL BANK-YES- STABLE CURRENCY AND CREDIT

GOV’T INTERNAL- SPLIT- IMPROVEMENTS

HELP IMROVE WEST AS A MARKET

THOSE WHO TRADED W/EUROPE DIDN’T LIKE THE TAX INCREASE

IMMIGRATION-YES-SOURCE OF CHEAP LABOR

SLAVERY-NO*-ENDANGERED FREE LABOR

SECTIONALISM AND EXPANSION

SOUTH

TARIFF-NO-RAISED PRICES OF GOODS SOUTH BOUGHT, NO PROTECTION FOR CROPS

NATIONAL BANK-NO-FAVORED CHEAP MONEY AVAILABLE THROUGH STATE BANKS

INTERNAL GOV’T IMPROVEMENTS-NO-MARKETS NORTH NOT WEST

IMMIGRATION-NO-MOST WENT NORTH OR WEST TO IMROVE THEIR INFLUENCE

EXPANSION-YES LAND NEEDED; GOV’T POWER

SECTIONALISM AND EXPANSION

WEST

TARIFF-SPLIT-HELPS ITS MARKET, THE NORTH. LEADS TO HIGHER PRICES

NATIONAL BANK-OPPOSED-FAVORED CHEAP MONEY & EASY CREDIT OF STATE BANKS

IMMIGRATION-YES-MANY CAME WEST:STATEHOOD, REPRESENTATION

SLAVERY*-NO-ENDANGERED FREE TRADE

SECTIONALISM

STATES RIGHTS

IN THEORY*

CONSTITUTION A COMPACT

STATES CREATED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

THEY ARE THEREFORE AT LEAST EQUAL

LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF CONSTIUTION (STRICT CONSTRUCTION)

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