Sectionalism: Congressional Compromise

Compromise of 1850:

Checking for understanding - Which state was entered as a free state (without slavery)?

Compromise of 1850:

Checking for understanding - What does popular sovereignty mean?

• The issue would be decided in court.

• The issue would be decided through a war.

• The issue would be voted on by the people of the territory.

• The issue would be remained unaddressed.

Lesson Review: Having loyalty to one part of the nation rather than the entire nation

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Imperialism

• Compromise

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act fail?

• It expanded slavery into Kansas.

• Outsiders came to Kansas to influence the vote. Fighting broke out.

• Kansas seceded from the union in 1854.

• The Supreme Court overruled the popular vote.

This compromise admitted one slave state, and one free state. Additionally, it designated the status of future states in the region as off limits to slavery or open to slavery.

• Maine Compromise

• Louisiana Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

This compromise dealt with the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase, where the issue had already been decided previously.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Nullification Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the

​ (a)   and caused many Northerners to ​ (b)   .

• Compromise of 1850
• join the abolition movement
• Missouri Compromise
• Nullification Crisis
• cooperate with Southern slave owners
• run for Congress

Balancing slave and free states by admitting Missouri as slave and Maine as free was know as the...

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• popular sovereignty
• Missouri Compromise of 1820

Why did westward expansion increase tension between the North and the South?

• They had different opinions on if war was necessary with other countries

• They had different opinions on treatment of Native Americans

• As new states were added representation would change and each region wanted to maintain their power in Congress

What did the north and the south try to keep balanced as the country expanded westward?

• the number of free and slave states

• the rates of tariffs

• the population of the states

• the costs of trade between regions