5.1: sectionalism from 1820-1850
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5.1: Sectionalism from 1820-1850. Follow along in the student packet: “Content students MUST KNOW to be successful on the GHSGT” (pg. 87-89). Missouri Compromise, 1820. Tariffs & the Nullification Crisis. Nullification Crisis. 1828 : Tariff of Abominations Protected Northern industry - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
5.1: Sectionalism from 1820-1850
Follow along in the student packet: “Content students MUST KNOW to be successful on the GHSGT” (pg. 87-89)
Missouri Compromise, 1820
Tariffs & the Nullification Crisis
Nullification Crisis18281828: Tariff of AbominationsProtected Northern industrySoutherners were outraged
18321832: Another high tariff John C. Calhoun threatened that South Carolina would nullify the tariff
President Andrew Jackson created the Force Bill to make SC pay
18331833: Henry Clay created a lower, “compromise tariff” to end the issue
The Mexican-American WarWilmot Proviso, 1846
Territorial Expansion by 1850
CaliforniaCalifornia•The discovery of gold in California led to a gold rush in 1849
Territorial Expansion by 1850
The Compromise of 1850CA admitted as
a free state
Popular sovereignty would decide slavery in
Utah & New Mexico
A stronger Fugitive Slave Law was
created to appease the South
Ended the slave trade in Washington DC (but not slavery)
Key Abolitionists
Frederick Douglass was a
former slave who fought to abolish slavery
William Lloyd Garrison, editor
of the newspaper The Liberator, fought to abolish
slavery.
Harriet Tubman led the Underground Railroad
Who published The Liberator and believed in the immediate and complete abolition of slavery?
The Grim
ke sist
ers
Willi
am Lloyd
Garr
ison
Harriet
Tubman
Frederi
ck Douglas
Harriet
Bee
cher Stowe
11%
78%
0%11%
0%
1. The Grimke sisters2. William Lloyd Garrison3. Harriet Tubman4. Frederick Douglas5. Harriet Beecher Stowe
10
This person was a former slave who learned to read and write and lectured on the evils of slavery?
The Grim
ke sist
ers
Mart
in Van B
uren
Harriet
Tubman
Frederi
ck Douglas
Harriet
Bee
cher Stowe
0%10% 10%
80%
0%
1. The Grimke sisters2. Martin Van Buren3. Harriet Tubman4. Frederick Douglas5. Harriet Beecher
Stowe10
The Missouri Compromise did all of the following EXCEPT
Main
e bec
ame a
free
...
Miss
ouri bec
ame a
sl...
Open
ed al
l the t
errito
...
Preserv
ed th
e bala
nc...
20% 20%
50%
10%
1. Maine became a free state
2. Missouri became a slave state
3. Opened all the territories to slavery
4. Preserved the balance of free and slave states 10
The Compromise of 1850 did all of the following EXCEPT
Californ
ia bec
ame a
f...
New M
exico
becam
e a...
Intro
duced th
e conce..
Preserv
ed th
e bala
nc...
10%
0%
40%
50%1. California became a
free state2. New Mexico became a
slave state3. Introduced the concept
of “popular sovereignty”
4. Preserved the balance of free and slave states
10
According to popular sovereignty, the question of whether or not slavery would be allowed in a territory would be decided by
Residen
ts of th
e terri
...
The Sen
ate
The House o
f Rep
res...
The Pres
ident
70%
20%10%
0%
1. Residents of the territory
2. The Senate3. The House of
Representatives4. The President
10
John C. Calhoun believed that state governments had a right to declare federal laws unconstitutional because
States w
ere el...
States s
poke m
...
States h
ad cre..
.
States e
xisted
...
50%
10%
20%20%
1. States were elected by the people.
2. States spoke more directly to the people.
3. States had created the national government.
4. States existed before the National government.
10
Jackson did not accept “nullification” because he believed it
threa
tened
the f
edera
...
gave C
ongress t
oo ...
took a
way powers
fro...
made t
he fed
eral g
ov...
40%
30%
20%
10%
1. threatened the federal government’s power and authority
2. gave Congress too much power over the states
3. took away powers from the state governments
4. made the federal government too powerful
10
President Polk wanted Mexico to take military action against the U.S. in the 1840’s because
Mex
ico w
ould have t..
.
Mex
ico w
ouldn’t acc
e..
Mex
ico w
ouldn’t enter
...
Polk thought th
e U.S....
0% 0%0%
100%1. Mexico would have to
buy their gunpowder from the U.S.
2. Mexico wouldn’t accept U.S. offer to buy land.
3. Mexico wouldn’t enter the Industrial Revolution.
4. Polk thought the U.S. was better at defense than offense.
10
Polk used this as grounds for declaring war against Mexico
Nonpaymen
t of ..
.
Declar
ation of...
Attack
on Gen
e...
Annexatio
n of ...
0%
40%
50%
10%
1. Nonpayment of debts
2. Declaration of the border
3. Attack on General Zachary Taylor’s forces
4. Annexation of Texas 10
The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from
Californ
ia only
All the t
errito
ries w
o...
The entir
e nati
on
The Dist
rict o
f Columbia
60%
0%10%
30%
1. California only2. All the
territories won from Mexico
3. The entire nation
4. The District of Columbia 10