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The Compromise of 1850 1846
the Compromise of 1846
14.1 How did territorial expansion intensify the conflict over 1850—Rep. David
slave? p. 311 Wilmot introduces
Proviso banning slavery
Manifest Destiny raised questions about states’ rights. The Constitution in the Mexican cession
did not permit the federal government to override state slavery laws, 1848
but the Wilmot Proviso attempted and failed to ban slavery in the 1848 the Compromise of
Mexican cession. Despite that defeat, California was admitted as a 1850—Free-Soil party
free state under the Compromise of 1850, while the Fugitive Slave Law founded
appeased the South. 1850
the Compromise of
1850—Congress
Political Upheaval, 1852–1856 enacts Compromise of 1850
1850
14.2 How did the two-party system change during this 1852
period? p. 316 political upheaval—
The Whig candidate lost in 1852 for supporting the antislavery 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe
cause, while the Kansas-Nebraska Act sought to repeal the Missouri publishes Uncle Tom’s
Compromise—a move most Northerners and some Southerners con- 1854 Cabin
sidered abominable. This gave rise to Republicanism, which adhered political upheaval—
to native Protestant values while supporting development in the West Kansas-Nebraska 1854
and opposing slavery. The 1856 election was largely a choice between Act repeals Missouri
rivals, one northern and one southern.
Compromise
1854–1856
The House Divided, 1857–1860 1854– political upheaval—
1856 Civil war in Kansas
14.3 How did the institution of slavery go beyond political 1856 Territory
and economic debates? p. 322
political upheaval—
Slavery divided American society culturally, legally, and morally. Preston Brooks assaults 1856
Religious congregations broke up, while literature expressed increas- Charles Sumner on
ingly the sentiments surrounding slaveholding. The Dred Scott deci- Senate floor
sion stripped American blacks—free and slave alike—of most legal 1857
rights. Finally, Lincoln chose to oppose slavery on moral grounds, the House Divided—
making freedom a human (and not simply legal) right. 1857 Dred Scott decision
legalizes slavery in all
territories
1858
the House Divided—
Lincoln and Douglas 1858
debate slavery in illinois
1860
the House Divided—
1860
Abraham Lincoln
elected president

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