PPT-Slavery & the Constitution

1787 ratified 1788 into effect 1789 Background Founders philosophy was allegedly to prevent tyranny but paradoxically permitted protected slavery 15 of the population was enslaved in 1787. Artemus Ward. Dept. of Political Science. Northern Illinois University. aeward@niu.edu. http://www.niu.edu/polisci/faculty/profiles/ward. /. Introduction. During the early years of the nation, abolitionists criticized the . Chapter 10 Section 3. Birth of the Republican Party. Kansas-Nebraska Act -> replaced Missouri Compromise. Had major effect on Democratic and Whig parties. Whip Party-> Southern=pro-slavery and Northern=antislavery. 1854-1861. Moving Toward Disunion. Bleeding Kansas. The Kansas Territory erupted in violence in 1855 between proslavery and antislavery arguments.  . Dred. Scott. v. . Stanford. In 1857, the Supreme Court's . Kevin R. Hardwick. Spring 2012.  . LECTURE . 12. Slavery and the US Constitution. Slavery is a labor regime premised on legally sanctioned violence.. When . masters cannot . use violence, slavery does not work.. Bleeding Kansas. United States in 1850. 1854 -Kansas and Nebraska want to join the Union.. Kansas-Nebraska Act. How would we resolve it?. Kansas-Nebraska Act. The . Kansas–Nebraska Act. of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820.. Slavery Grievance. Thomas Jefferson was born to a slave-owning family and he . himself owned . slaves. As chairman of the committee that drafted . the Declaration . of Independence, Jefferson wrote a . Unit Overview (1844-1877). Big Picture. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act rocked the sectional boat to the point of disrepair. However, abolitionists in the North and “fire-eaters” in the South refused to patch a hole in the sinking ship of state. The question of slavery’s expansion dominated the politics of the 1850s, and was exacerbated by events that brought sectional tensions to a fever pitch, climaxing in the secession of seven Southern states.. Slavery and the Constitution. 1.. Which of the following statements best explains the conflict over slavery and representation in the House of Representatives. Check all that apply.. A. . . Northerners . From the Articles of Confederation to the Bill of Rights. Standards. SSUSH5 The student will explain specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption and implementation of the United States Constitution. . The Kansas Territory erupted in violence in 1855 between proslavery and antislavery arguments.  In 1857, the Supreme Court's . Dred. Scott decision invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820.. Stowe and Helper: Literary Incendiaries. [The Constitution] was . stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations. . Context. After the Revolution:. Most Americans thought of themselves as citizens of their state (not the U.S.). The focus was creating a very basic government – an alliance of the states. Articles of Confederation. “The expansion of the United States to the Pacific was a process involving many overlapping and diverse frontiers—of cultures, peoples, and even animals and disease….Ominously, the acquisition of new lands also reopened the debate over slavery and the Union.”. Slavery & the Constitution Failure at the Convention Choose one of the following and respond in writing: “Maintaining slavery is like holding a wolf by the ears. You don’t like it, but you dare not let it go.”