Compromise of 1850

​Compromise of 1850

By Jeremy Williams

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• ​1849 the California Gold Rush occurs

• This rapidly increased population

• 1850 California applies for statehood

The California Problem

Open Ended

When California applies to become a FREE State, there were 15 Slave States and 15 Free States. Why will this be a problem?

Thomas Jefferson

"I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper."

Drag and Drop

Jefferson was warning in 1820 that​

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would eventually be the "death knell" for the Union.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

slavery

Compromise

government

laws

Poll

Do you think Jefferson was right about the issue of slavery? Was this issue still unsettled and going to potentially destroy America?

• Yes

• No

• California will join the country as a Free State

• Utah and New Mexico Territories would use Popular Sovereignty for Slave or Free (vote)

• Slave Trade was banned in Washington D.C.

• The Fugitive Slave Law

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The Compromise of 1850

• All runaway slaves must be returned to their owners in the South

• Leads to many Free African Americans being abducted into slavery

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The Fugitive Slave Law

Categorize

Options (4)

California joins as a Free State

New Mexico and Utah territories will use Popular Sovereignty to decide Slave or Free

Fugitive Slave law

Banned slave trade in Washington D.C.

Categorize the agreement to who won (North or South)

North

South

Open Ended

In the categories, the numbers were equal, analyzing what the sides got, who got a better deal in the Compromise? North or South? Why?