Burns USH (Unit 3.3) Name __________________________Date _______________ Pd ________

Abolitionism and Sectional TensionsFrederick Douglass Angelina and Sarah Grimke

William Lloyd Garrison Hinton Helper

John C. Calhoun

George Fitzhugh

The Abolitionists

Supporters of slavery

1619First African

slaves brought to America

1739Stono slave rebellion

in South Carolina

1776American

Revolution leads many to

free their slaves

1787Northwest Ordinance

outlawed slavery in the NW territories

17873/5th Compromise of the Constitution

1793Eli Whitney’s

cotton gin leads to “King Cotton”

1808U.S. government

outlawed the trans-Atlantic

slave trade

1820All Northern states have

outlawed slavery

1820The Missouri

Compromise restricted slavery in the western

territories at 36˚30’

Conversation #1 Nat Turner Rebellion in 1831In 1831, the slave Nat Turner was led a shocking revolt against

slavery, killing 55 whites, mostly women and children. This was the bloodiest slave rebellion in U.S. history.

Dozens of blacks were killed in retaliation

Conversation #2 Mexican American War 1846-1848in 1846, the USA engaged in a war with Mexico. Americans hoped to gain new lands as part of its “Manifest Destiny.” Texas and most

of the Mexican Cession were below the 36˚30’ line

Conversation #3 Free Soil Party formed in 1848The main goal of the Free Soil Party was to limit the spread of

slavery into the western territories. Free-soilers did not believe that the Constitution allowed for abolition of slavery

Conversation #4 Wilmot Proviso in 1846The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to outlaw slavery in the

Mexican Cession. This would have limited the South’s ability to create new slave states in the West.

Conversation #5 Compromise of 1850 A new compromise was needed when California applied to

become a state. CA entered as a free state, but the South gained a new Fugitive Slave Law that declared that runaway slaves had

to be returned to their masters.

Conversation #6 Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's book had a major influence on how

Northerners viewed slavery. It showed the cruelty of slave masters and opened people’s eyes to the horrors of Southern slavery.

1833William Lloyd

Garrison formed the American Anti-

Slavery Society

1848Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gave USA the

Mexican Cession; Most land is south of the 36˚30’

line

1850“King Cotton” makes

up 60% of all exports; Slavery is

dominant in the Deep South

1854Kansas-Nebraska

Act passed; Formation

of the Republican Party

1857Supreme

Court’s Dred Scott decision

1856-1858“Bleeding Kansas“ violence between

pro- and anti-slavery forces

1860Lincoln is elected;

South Carolina secedes from the Union

1859John Brown’s raid at

Harper’s Ferry

ABOLITIONISM

Helper and GarrisonDouglass and Calhoun Fitzhugh and Grimke sisters

Calhoun and Fitzhugh Garrison and Douglass Grimke sisters and Helper