PPT-Slavery Chapter 8 -Sectional Conflict Intensifies

The territory gained by the US in the MexicanAmerican War greatly increased sectional tension Slavery amp Westward Expansion 1846 David Wilmot PennDem The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery not be allowed in any territory gained from Mexico. Unit Six. Slavery & Western Expansion. Section One. Impact of War. Mexican War heightened opposing viewpoints on slavery. Amendment to a war appropriations bill was proposed by David Wilmot. WILMOT PROVISO: proposed that in any territory the US gained from Mexico, there would be no slavery. K. now About Key Concept 5.2 To Succeed In APUSH. APUSH Review: Key . Concept . 5.2. www.Apushreview.com. Period 5: 1844 – 1877 . Key Concept 5.2 “Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war.”. Chapter 11. 1845-1861. Chapter 11. Section 1. An Uneasy Balance. Pages 344-349. Objectives. 1. Explain how the slavery issue affected the debate over the acquisition of Texas and Mexican territory.. 2. Analyze the role that the slavery issue played in the elections and political debates of the late 1840s.. Chapter 14 Part 3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. CT preacher’s daughter. Lost son to cholera; felt she understood how slave mothers felt when children sold. Wrote anti-slavery novel (1852)– . Ms. . Bolognini. Kansas-Nebraska Act. Kansas-Nebraska Act 5 W’s. Who. : Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois . What. : . Nebraska Territory to be spilt into two: Nebraska Territory in the north and Kansas Territory in the south. The Popular Sovereignty Panacea. Popular sovereignty. meant that the sovereign people of a territory should determine . the . status . of slavery.   It was popular with politicians because it was a comfortable compromise between the abolitionists and the slaver-holders.. Chapter 14 Part 3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Written by _________________. CT preacher’s daughter. Lost son to cholera; felt she understood how slave mothers felt when children sold. Wrote anti-slavery novel (____)– . War in Europe and Asia. The . 17thC. . was a century of total . war. Europe. The Ottoman Empire. China. India. Military Revolution. 4 essential ingredients – . Tactics. Strategy. . army size . . overall impact.. I. The Popular Sovereignty Panacea. Democrats in 1848:. Polk pledged himself to a single term. National Convention turned to aging leader General Lewis Cass. Platform silent on burning issue of slavery. Chapter 18. 1848-1854. An action packed chapter in which many things happen. Pop . Sov. and the Election of 1848. Popular Sovereignty . – The people in a territory would determine if slavery was allowed there . The Impending Crisis. www.Apushreview.com. Looking Westward. “Manifest Destiny”. God-given right to expand from coast to coast . Coined by John O’Sullivan. Opponents to expansion?. Henry Clay and some Whigs – feared tensions over slavery . 1848-1854. 1848 Presidential Election. Mexican American War – 1846-1848 (Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the war). Question: extension of slavery out West in land gained from war (Mexican Cession). James K. Polk (did not run – health concerns). Struggle, 1848-1854. JUMBO QUESTIONS. Contextualization. The authors chronicle a renewed sectional struggle in the U.S. Was it territorial expansion, the institution of slavery, or both that provided the historical context for the reemergence of sectionalism? . Struggle, 1848-1854. JUMBO QUESTIONS. Contextualization. The authors chronicle a renewed sectional struggle in the U.S. Was it territorial expansion, the institution of slavery, or both that provided the historical context for the reemergence of sectionalism? .