Pre-civil War Worksheets

Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 Kansas Nebraska Act/ Dred Scott Decision Southern secesesion

20.2 Confronting Slavery

Issue #1 Northerners Opposed this because it would give the balance of power to the slave states Southerners Favored this because they would gain power in government Issue #2 Northerners Favored because they would have power and could stop slavery from moving west Southerners opposed because it would give power to the North and they could stop slavery

Missouri Compromise
Maine becomes a free state Missouri becomes a slave state Draw a line through the middle of Louisiana Territory. North slavery prohibited. South slavery allowed

20.4 The Missouri Compromise Unravels

Issue #1
Northerners were angered because they didnt want slavery in Americas capital Southerners were Pleased because they wanted no limitations on slavery

Issue #2
Northerners tolerated this practice because they felt slavery was wrong Southerners Condemned this practice because runaway slaves are property they are losing

20.4 The Missouri Compromise Unravels

Issue #3
Northerners favored this amendment because they wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery Southerners opposed this amendment because slave holders felt congress had no right to tell slave owners where they could take their property

Issue #4
Northerners favored this because it would create more free states than slave states Southerners opposed admitting California as a free state Because Northern states would get the balance of power

Compromise of 1850
California admitted as a free state New Mexico and Utah territories were open to slavery The slave trade was stopped in Washington D.C. A Strong Fugitive slave Law was passed

20.6 Compromise Satisfies No One

Issue #1
Northerners were dissatisfied with the way the Fugitive Slave law was enforced because they were asked to help slave catchers and they felt slavery was wrong Southerners were dissatisfied with the Fugitive slave law Northerners were refusing to enforce it

Issue #2
The book was popular in the North because it allowed all people to see what slavery was like The Book was Unpopular in the South because it turned people against slavery

 Issue #3

20.6 Compromise Satisfies No One

Northerners were unhappy with the act because it overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to move to the west Southerners were Pleased because it allowed slavery to move into new western territories

Issue #4
Northerners believed he was free because he lived in a free territory Southerners believed he was still a slave because owners should have the right to take their slaves (property) anywhere

Kansas Nebraska act/ Dred Scott

Kansas Nebraska Act- popular Sovereignty (Popular Vote) would decided the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska territories Congress cannot ban slavery in new Territories Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom since African Americans could not become Citizens Scotts Stay in Wisconsin did not make him a free man because Missouri compromise was Unconstitutional

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis

Issue #1
Lincoln, Representing the North, felt slavery was Moral issue because he felt slavery was wrong Douglas, Representing the south, felt slavery was a legal issue because the law said slavery was allowed

Issue #2
Some northerners upset the South after Browns said because they considered him a hero Southerners were fearful about Browns raid because it might lead to rebellions and death

20.8 From Compromise to Crisis

Issue #3
Northerners were Happy about the election because Lincoln was against slavery Southerners were unhappy with the election because the south lost their political power and Lincoln would stop slavery

Southern Secession

South Carolina and 6 other states seceded (Left) from the Union (America) South Carolina Fired on Fort Sumter
(First battle of the Civil War)