Mexico & U.S. History from the Revolution to Reconstruction s1

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7th Grade Social Studies Mexico & U.S. History from the Revolution to Reconstruction Class 134— Sectionalism and Compromise March 31, 2014

Focus: What were the three components of the Missouri Compromise? What is the Wilmot Proviso?

------Student Objectives: 1. I will identify the difference between a “Free Soiler” and an abolitionist. 2. I will recall the impact of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 in the controversy over slavery. 3. I will re-enact a sectional dispute between Henry S. Foote and Thomas Hart Benton on the Senate floor. 4. I will describe how the Compromise of 1850 affected the slavery issue.

Homework: -Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 1 pgs. 476-481 (due 3/31) -Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 2 pgs. 483-487 (due 4/1) -Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 3 pgs. 488-490 (due 4/3) -Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 3 pgs. 491-492 (due 4/4) -Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 4 pgs. 493-495 (due 4/7) -Read and outline Chapter 15, Section 4 pgs. 496-497 (due 4/8) -Chapter 15 Test Wednesday 4/9

Handouts: none

I. Free-Soilers II. Missouri Compromise III. Foote VS. Benton IV. Compromise of 1850

Key terms/ideas/ people/places: Free-Soiler Abolitionist Henry Clay Missouri Compromise David Wilmot Wilmot Proviso Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Popular Sovereignty Henry S. Foote Thomas Hart Benton Great Compromiser Compromise of 1850 Stephen Douglas Omnibus Bill Fugitive Slave Law Henry Clay

By the end of class today, I will be able to answer the following: What were the three components of the Missouri Compromise? What was the Wilmot Proviso? How did it contribute to Sectionalism? What were the five components of the Compromise of 1850? Who was the Great Compromiser? Why did he get this name? Notes Class 134— Sectionalism and Compromise March 31, 2014 Free Soilers:  stop all African Americans from the territories whether they were free or slave  Northern whites did not want to share the territories with slaveholders or with slaves-“did not want to compete with slave labor or to permit any further extension of the political power of planters.”  they would never interfere with slavery in the states  greatly outnumbered the abolitionists in the North

Abolitionists:  ban slavery  only 10% of the population

Missouri Compromise:  Maine Free state  Missouri Slave state  Slavery below the 36 degree 30’ line

Wilmot Proviso:  outlawing slavery in the territories  Wilmot doesn’t want whites to compete with African Americans for jobs

Election of 1848:  Whigs-Zachary Taylor  Democrats-Lewis Cass  Free Soilers-Martin Van Buren

Popular Sovereignty-people decide if a state would have slavery or not

Compromise of 1850:  California enters as free state  Popular sovereignty would determine slave or free state in the Mexican Cession  Slave trade banned in D.C.-gives foreigners a bad perception of the nation  Stricter fugitive slave law  Boarder dispute between TX and NM solved-Gov’t helps pay Mexican debts

Henry Clay-Great Compromiser fugitive slave act  All citizens had to participate in catching slaves  Fined $1,000 or jailed for 6 months if helped runaway  Special Courts-$10 for sending slave back-$5 for setting one free  Northerners feel they are part of the slave system-the federal government had gone into the business of man- hunting and required freeborn Americans to become man-hunters on occasion  Far more than a law to overtake slaves that were running away but also a device to recover slaves that ran away in the past