Sectional Crisis 1847 1860 Differentiating visions for the future of America Videos to help http study com academy topic sectional crisis 1850 1861 html Could say Second Great Awakening Wilmot Proviso vote divided by location not party 1847 Pro North Slavery is prohibited in the new territories acquired from Mexico This is the first antislavery proposal to attract broad popular support First time in history a vote in congress was based on where you re from not your party Compromise of 1850 south got fugitive slave law but territories can vote on slavery Both Stalled the civil war by including provisions that made both the North and the South happy The South had the Fugitive Slave Law and the North got popular sovereignty in the Mexican territories Fugitive Slave Law north had to comply angry The Fugitive Slave Law required the Free states governments to help return fugitive slaves to their masters forcing Northern states to abide by national government s laws This made the North angry and caused them to retaliate Pro South Personal Liberty Laws The personal liberty laws were laws passed by several U S states in the North to counter the Fugitive Slave Acts The laws created a lot of problems with how slavery was taken care of between the federal and state governments The personal liberty laws were designed to make the legal system more fair for all people and to ensure the safety of freedmen and escaped slaves without using nullification Republican Party northern anti slavery activists Pro North Dred Scott 1857 slaves can t sue and slavery is respected nationwide Pro South Dred Scott a slave sued his master by arguing that as soon as his master took him into free territory he should have been free The supreme court denied this saying that Scott can t sue because he is property not a citizen and said that Congress can t prohibit slavery in the territories and slave owners can take their slaves anywhere in the US Oberlin Rescue 1859 was a conflict between the state government of Ohio and the federal government In the end both sides compromised and dropped the charges John Brown 1859 raids supported by northerners Pro North John Brown A radical abolitionist led a guerilla war at Harpers Ferry to end slavery that puts the south in a state of panic because they fear future attacks similar to this Abolitionists in the north liked John Brown southerners did not Lincoln s Election 1860 Pro North First successful Republican to win an election
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