8.9.4




 * 8.9.5. **Analyze the significance of the States' Rights Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise (1820), the Wilmot Proviso** (1846), **the Compromise of 1850**, **Henry Clay's role in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850**, **the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)**, the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857), and the Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858). ch7 sec4 & ch10 sec1-4

===**Describe any specific people involved** === || The balance of the amount of slave states and free states was threatened because of the Mexican-American war. With the Missouri Compromise not applying to the huge territory gained from the Mexican-American war. Would this land allow slavery? This issue was very important to those who wanted to stop the spread of slavery. Because of this, David Willmont proposed that all new territory of the United states as a free state as a result of the War. Dispite it's many discussions, the Wilmont Proviso never became a law but it still posed a threat to the south who thought it was an attack on the south. After months of debate, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky stepped up and provided a plan to calm the crisis. He had once recived the nickname the Great Comprmiser because of his work in the Missouri Compromise and he was now going to be working on a series of proposals to solve the issues that have divded the North and South. John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina Senator, was against his proposal while Massachusetts Senator, Daniel Webster, rose to support Clay's proposals. In 1850, Congress finally passed a five bills based on Clay's proposals, which later became known as the Compromise of 1850. The compromise was desinged to please the north by admitting California as a free state while it pleased that south it passed the fugative slave law. The Fugative slave law act allowed government officals to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave. The nation moved closer to war after Congress passed the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854. In an effort to create new territories, it was proposed that the Kansas and Nebraska territories be created. Southerners imediatly objected because both territories sat above the Missouri Compromise line. They argued to use popular sovereignety to choose if the territories are slave states or not, which actually undid the Missouri Comprmise. In March 1857 the U.S. Supreme court decided the case of Dred Scott Vs. Sandford. Dred Scott was a former slave who sued for his freedom. He lived in the Wisconsin territory and used that reason as an argument because it was illegal to have slave there. Sadly, Scott was not voted a free man but that ruling went farther than many would have thought. This ruling brought many to stand forward, including Illinois Lawyer, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln only had a small amount of time in his career in politics. Lincoln challenged fredrick douglas to many public debates. He did not win the spot on the Senate bit two years later he would take part in the presidential election. || in peace, tell us so; and we shall know what to do when you reduce the question to submission or resistance" - John C. Calhoun, March 4, 1850 2. "I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a northern man, but as an American. . . I speak today. . . for the restoration to the country of the quiet and that harmony which make blessings of this union so rich, and so dear to us all." - Daniel Webster, March 7, 1850 ||
 * Notes on your Standard
 * ===**Dates regarding all persons or parts of your standard** === || # The Compromise of 1850 - September 1850
 * 1) The Dred Scott Vs. Sandford case - March 1857
 * 2) Abraham Lincoln was Elected - 1860
 * 3) Kansas - Nebraska Act - 1854 ||
 * ===**2 Key quotes about any persons or parts of your standard** === || # "If something is not done to arrest it, the South will be forced to choose between abolition and Secession . . . If you are unwilling we should part
 * Describe any specific people involved and what they are known for || # **Henry Clay:** He was a senator from Kentucky who stepped forward with a plan to calm the crisis. Clay had been given the nickname the great compromiser because he worked out the Missouri Compromise. He soon made another series of proposals that would solve the issues that divided the north and the south.
 * 1) **Aberham Lincoln:** An Illinois lawyer who spoke put against the Dred Scott Decision. He eventually became our 16th president of the United States.
 * 2) **John C. Calhoun:** Was a senator for the state of South Carolina who was very much against the Missouri Compromise.
 * 3) **Daniel Webster:** A Massachusetts Senetor who agreed woth Henry Clay's proposal. He thought the United states should pursue it because he thought it would preserve the Union. ||
 * Three or four pictures or diagrams that EXPLAIN your standard || [[image:missouricompromise.jpg width="407" height="241"]]

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 * Five questions about the Standard on YOUR page || # Who was Henry Clay?
 * 1) Who did Abraham Lincoln compete against for Senator?
 * 2) Who was John C. Calhoun?
 * 3) Why did the north want to make the new land attained from the Mexican-American war?
 * 4) What was the ruling for the Dred Scott Vs. Sandfrord case? ||
 * Your names and period # || Sadie Edwards and Emely Solorzano