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Key Sources Project

By Makayla Epting & Grace Mesropian

Period 5 Slide2

The Clay Compromise Measures

John c. CalhounSlide3

Historical Context

In 1850, John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina Democrat wrote his reaction to Henry Clay’s and Stephen Douglas’ “Clay Compromise Measures,” which tried to resolve the debates over the future of slavery in the lands acquired at the end of the Mexican American War.Slide4

Clay’s Compromise of 1850Slide5

Intended Audience

John C. Calhoun directs his piece to congress because he is trying to persuade that his idea is better than Henry Clay’s and Stephen Douglas’.Slide6
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Purpose

John C. Calhoun’s purpose is to provide another solution to the “question of slavery” that differs from Clays compromise.Slide8

Point of View

John C. Calhoun felt the best way to save the union was to “cease agitation of the slave question” and to find a solution “that will protect the south” and improve the state of the union.

“The North has only to will it to accomplish it-to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory, and to do her duty by causing stipulations relative to fugitives laves to be faithfully fulfilled…”Slide9

Evidence

Calhoun wrote “Slavery is a positive good in which he justify the necessity of slavery and how it was good for both the southerns and slaves that were involved.Slide10

Synthesis

Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the

United States Congress

in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between

slave and free states

regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War

(1846–1848). The compromise, drafted by

Whig

Senator

Henry Clay

of Kentucky and brokered by Clay and Democratic Senator

Stephen Douglas

of Illinois, reduced sectional conflict. Controversy arose over the Fugitive Slave provision. The Compromise was greeted with relief, although each side disliked specific provisions.Slide11

The Crime of Kansas

charles sumnerSlide12

Historical Context

Charles Sumner, a Northern antislavery activist, describes the proslavery Kansas Constitution, being recognized as the legitimate government, as a “crime against humanity” in his pie “The Crime of Kansas: (1856.)Slide13

Intended Audience

Charles Sumner specifically states that his piece is “in response to… the Senator from South Carolina [Mr.Butler], and the Senator from Illinois [Mr.Douglas].”Slide14

Purpose

To denounce the Kansas Nebraska Act and advocate for Kansas’ immediate admission into the Union as a free stateSlide15
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Point of View

Sumner went on to denounce the "

Slave Power

"—the political arm of the slave owners. Their goal, he alleged, was to spread slavery through the free states that had made it illegal

“The senator dreams that he can subdue the North.He disclaims the open threat,but his conduct still implies it How little that senator knows himself, or the strength of the cause which he persecutes…”Slide17

Attack on Charles Sumner

Representative

Preston Brooks

attacked Senator

Charles Sumner

with a walking cane in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier. The beating nearly killed Sumner and it drew a sharply polarized response from the American public on the subject of the expansion of

slavery in the United States

.Slide18

Synthesis

The attack on Charles Sumner led to public outcry on the subject of slavery which later led to the civil war.Slide19

The End