Compromises over Slavery

Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California

Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets

Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession

The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature

The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts

Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased

Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories

It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories

It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom

It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories

The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate

The compromise allowed slaves to be counted toward a state's population for representation in Congress

The compromise enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves into the North

The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

Slavery was allowed throughout the Louisiana Territory

New territories delayed requests for statehood for ten years

Two new states were admitted to maintain a sectional balance

Popular sovereignty determined the issue of slavery in new states

Slavery was prohibited in the Missouri territory

The Union Army was put in charge of the Confederacy

Power between slave states and free states was balanced in the Senate

The United States was allowed to peacefully expand into the western frontier

continue to elect Southern Presidents

continue to dominate the Supreme Court

keep enough strength in the Senate to protect Southern interests

use slave labor to expand Southern manufacturing

enactment of protective tariffs

extension of slavery

voting rights for minorities

universal public education

extension of slavery into the western territories

equitable distribution of frontier lands to the owners of small farms

placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports

need for international improvements in transportation

need for schools and colleges

failure to conserve natural resources

expansion of slavery

construction of transcontinental railroads

the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states

Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North

Northern states passed affirmative action legislation

geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

increased tensions over slavery

improved relations with bordering nations

fewer conflicts with Native American Indians

decreased domestic demand for manufactured goods

admission of states to the Union

Supreme Court decisions

presidential election results

voting rights

passage of the Fugitive Slave Law

start of the Civil War

issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

enactment of the 13th Amendment

end fighting between midwestern farmers and Native American Indians

encourage manufacturing in the West

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

allow northern states the power to ban slavery

deny southern states the legal right to own slaves

allow settlers in territories to vote on the issue of slavery

overturn previous Supreme Court decisions on slavery

popular sovereignty

nullification

secession

sectionalism