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The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
1818 Missouri asks to join the Union as a slave state1820 Maine asks to join the Union as a free state1820 Henry Clay proposes the MISSOURI COMPROMISE which maintains the balance of power in Congress
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• 1800-1850’s The Northern and the Southern economies take different paths
• The Northern economy is based on trade and manufacturing
• The Southern economy is based on agriculture(cotton mainly) and the institution of slavery
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• By 1845, Americans had settled Texas and the Oregon Country by the thousands
• 1846 The US and Great Britain compromise to avoid war and divide the Oregon Country
• 1846-1848 War with Mexico begins/US wins Texas and what would become Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and parts of Colorado. U.S. also buys California
• MANIFEST DESTINY fulfilled
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• Compromise of 1850– Henry Clay addresses problem of what to do with land
acquired from Mexican-American War(free or slave?)
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• Compromise of 1850– Allowed California to enter as a free state– Allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide for
themselves, free or slave– Called for a stronger fugitive slave law that forced
northerners to return runaway slaves– Passed Congress by a narrow margin
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• Kansas-Nebraska Act• Question of Free or Slave to be decided by
Popular Sovereignty; a vote by the residents of the territories
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• Abraham Lincoln(Republican and anti-slavery) elected President
• Southern states secede
The Road to the Civil WarNorth vs South
• Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC