Go back to Monday’s blog and view slides 6-8 of Chapter 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Cal. as a “free state”:<\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n *Fugitive Slave Law:<\/strong> 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Slave trade ban:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/strong> popular and believed to be a true story by northerners. This angered southerners who said that it was a book of lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slide 8 deals with the idea of Popular Sovereignty<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please go to youtube.com and type Compromise of 1850. Watch: Compromise of 1850 Summary <\/strong>( 8 min 24 sec )<\/p>\n\n\n\n Type : Harriet Beecher Stowe Watch: Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/strong> ( 6 min 35 sec )<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please do IXL assignment under section (N) The Antebellum Period #10 Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott… Due Friday by 3:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading