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Chapter 18

Chapter 18. Renewing the Sectional Struggle. Zachary Taylor . Wins the presidency, 1848 Whig party No prior political experience. Gold Rush in CA. 1848 @ Sutter’s Mill Massive migration “49ers” “gold fever” struck, however most people did not strike it rich. Effects Lawless men

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Chapter 18

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  1. Chapter 18 Renewing the Sectional Struggle

  2. Zachary Taylor • Wins the presidency, 1848 • Whig party • No prior political experience

  3. Gold Rush in CA • 1848 @ Sutter’s Mill • Massive migration “49ers” • “gold fever” struck, however most people did not strike it rich. • Effects • Lawless men • Crime shot through the roof • Inadequate law enforcement • Murder, common place • Vigilante justice • Prostitution • Gambling • State Constitution created as a free state, 1849. Appeal to statehood same year.

  4. Underground Railroad • Virtual freedom train consisted of: • Stations (anti-slavery houses) • Passengers (runaway slaves) • Conductors (white and black abolitionists) • Harriet Tubman “conductor” • Freed 300 slaves • Goal is Canada

  5. Compromise of 1850 • Question of CA disturbing balance of power in Congress (15/15) • Senate debate breaks out on topics • Slavery • Disputed land • “Immortal Trio”: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun appear together the last time in Congress

  6. South Provisions North • California admitted as a free state. • Abolition of slave trade in Washington D.C. • Disputed land by Texas and New Mexico to be surrendered to New Mexico. • Mexican Cession area to be formed into territories of NM and UT, without the restriction of slavery. (Popular Sovereignty) • $10 million Texas compensation from Fed govt. • Stricter Fugitive Slave Law

  7. Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 • Newest, strictest version • White men in the North could be fined or sent to jail for not returning “runaways”

  8. Balancing the Scales, p.399

  9. Video, 20

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