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Missouri Compromise
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Mexican Cession
• Polk = $2 million in “negotiation fees”
• 1st term Rep., David Wilmot (Penn) adds a “proviso”– No slavery or servitude
can be in the territory• NW Ordinance copy
• Polk = spread Missouri Comp. line through territory
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Cass Amendment
• Senator Lewis Cass (Mich) – Congress has no
authority to impose settlement
– Let popular will choose• Popular Sovereignty
• Republican virtue
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Election of 1848• Democrats split = Nominate Lewis Cass• Free-Soil Party (Democrats) = Martin Van Buren• Whigs = Zachary Taylor (No platform)
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Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850
Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850
ß California statehood = Gold rush
ß Southern “fire-eaters” threateningsecession.
ß Calling for Conventions
ß Underground RR & fugitive slave issues
ß California statehood = Gold rush
ß Southern “fire-eaters” threateningsecession.
ß Calling for Conventions
ß Underground RR & fugitive slave issues
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Parts of the Compromise of 1850
• *Henry Clay was a key figure but he couldn’t get it done– All or nothing = Nothing
• 1. Admission of California as a free state– Already in Calif. Constitution
• 2. Remaining western territories organized with no restriction on slavery (NM & Utah)
• 3. End of all slave trade in the District of Columbia• 4. Strict federal fugitive slave law• 5. Assumption of Texas' debt by the national government
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Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
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The “Know-Nothings” [a.k.a. The American Party]
The “Know-Nothings” [a.k.a. The American Party]
ß Nativists.
ß Anti-Catholics.
ß Anti-immigrants.
ß Nativists.
ß Anti-Catholics.
ß Anti-immigrants.1849 Secret Order of the Star-
Spangled Banner created in NYC.1849 Secret Order of the Star-
Spangled Banner created in NYC.
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1852 Presidential Election
1852 Presidential Election
√ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil
√ Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil
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1852Electio
n Results
1852Electio
n Results