Go back to Monday’s blog and view slides 6-8 of Chapter 16.

Slide 6 shows the Compromise of 1850 which replaced the Missouri Compromise. Please remember 3 important parts of this compromise: California enters as a “free state”, Slave trade is banned in Washington D.C. (though slavery is not), and the Fugitive Slave Law.

*Cal. as a “free state”: Because of the California gold rush, the population there grew quickly and California applied for statehood as a free state which offset the balance of free/slave states.

*Fugitive Slave Law: Southerners were upset that northern abolitionists were helping run away slaves escape to Canada. This law made it illegal for anyone to help a slave. If a person did and was caught, they could be fined $1,000 (equal to over $30,000 today).

*Slave trade ban: Although slavery was legal in Washington D.C. most of the citizens there were against slavery. As a compromise, although slavery was still legal there, slave trade (buying and selling slaves) was made illegal.

Slide 7 is about a novel (a book of fiction) written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet was from the north and the daughter of an abolitionist minister. The book was very popular and believed to be a true story by northerners. This angered southerners who said that it was a book of lies.

Slide 8 deals with the idea of Popular Sovereignty which was an idea put forward by Senator Stephen Douglas. This said that the people of a territory, not congress, would decide if the new state would allow slavery, ignoring the line drawn by the Missouri Compromise.

Please go to youtube.com and type Compromise of 1850. Watch: Compromise of 1850 Summary ( 8 min 24 sec )

Type : Harriet Beecher Stowe Watch: Harriet Beecher Stowe ( 6 min 35 sec )

Please do IXL assignment under section (N) The Antebellum Period #10 Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott… Due Friday by 3:00 PM