Let's Make a Deal by Matt Vassallo

Brian O. The Compromise of 1877

2014-01-06 14:28:50 UTC

-The Democrats wanted Samuel Tilden to win the election of 1876 and the Republicans wanted Rutherford B. Hayes.

-The Democrats agreed to Hayes being president and the Republicans agreed to end Reconstruction. Southern states

received federal money, more power to govern themselves, and a promise to withdraw federal troops.

-Reconstruction ends in the South as a result of this compromise.

Hallie Butler/The Compromise of 1850

2014-01-07 16:06:52 UTC

Before the Compromise of 1850, the north wanted for there to be no more slave states and more free states. The South wanted the opposite. They wanted there to be more slave states and no more free states.

Brian Barrientos/Three-Fifths Compromise

brianbarrientos — 2014-01-07 17:05:46 UTC

North: The northern states wanted to have slaves excluded from the population count because they were not considered to be voting citizens, they were considered property.

South: The South had many slaves so they wanted slaves to count towards their population so that they could have more representatives in Congress.

Compromise: Both sides came to the agreement that a slave would count towards a state's population but only as 3/5 a person.

Effect: This compromise did not solve the issue of slavery. It encouraged slave owners to have more slaves so that they could boost their state's population and increase the amount of representatives in congress.

Brian Barrientos/The Great Compromise

brianbarrientos — 2014-01-07 17:13:21 UTC

Virginia Plan: It proposed a government with three branches: a legislative branch to create laws, an executive branch to enforce the laws, and a judicial branch to make sure that the laws were fairly administered. They also proposed that the legislative branch would be made up of two houses. In each house, the amount of representatives would be determined by a state's population, so that states with higher populations would have more representatives.

New Jersey: It also proposed a three branch government, but instead of two legislative houses, they wanted one house. The house would only have one representative for each state.

Compromise: The compromise established a two-house system in the legislative branch. The two houses would be the House of Representatives and the Senate. The amount of representatives in the House are based on a state's population, and there are only two Senators for each state.

Brian Barrientos/Three-Fifths Compromise

brianbarrientos — 2014-01-07 17:26:33 UTC

This picture shows that for every 5 slaves in America, only 3 were counted towards a state's population

Brian Barrientos/Slave Trade Compromise

brianbarrientos — 2014-01-07 17:29:31 UTC

North: The northern states were concerned that the new economy was relying too much on slavery. They wanted to ban the importation of slavery.

South: The South didn't want to give up slavery because their agricultural economy depended on the slave labor. They wanted to continue the slave trade because they believed that their economy would collapse without the slave labor.

Compromise: The slave trade would continue for 20 years after the Constitution was established. Once the 20 years were up, Congress would be allowed to ban the importation of slaves to the Unites States.

Effect: This compromise took a baby step to stop slavery. It helped to slow the spread of slavery by ending the slave trade in America.

Hallie Butler/The Compromise of 1850

2014-01-08 15:47:52 UTC

Major Parts:

1. California is admitted as a free state. (North)

2. The rest of the territories acquired from the Mexican Cession will be decided by popular sovereignty. Popular Sovereignty is that the people should be able to decide for themselves if they want slavery or not. (Neutral)

3. Outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C. (North)

4. It did not interfere with the domestic slave trade. (South)

5. New stricter fugitive slave law for runaway slaves. This was to be enforced by the federal government. (South)

Hallie Butler/The Compromise of 1850

2014-01-08 15:59:56 UTC

The Compromise of 1850 would not solve the issue of slavery in America. Actually it made it worse and ended up being one of the causes of the Civil War.

Eric D'Angelo-The Missouri Compromise

2014-01-09 14:07:01 UTC

The Missouri Compromise was made when Missouri wanted to become a slave state in the Union. The North was angered by this because it would throw off the balance of free and slave states. They then made a compromise where Missouri would become a slave state and Maine will be a free state. This compromise did not help the issue of slavery.

Eric D'Angelo-Hamilton's Economic Plan

2014-01-09 14:14:38 UTC

After the American Revolution, the US was in huge debt. That's when Alexander Hamilton came up with a plan to help the economy. He purpose that the US government should make a tax on whiskey, national bank, and tariffs. He believed that these would help the US with the war debts. The South were angered by this plan because the tariffs would make finished goods a high price. They finally agreed to it when they moved the capital of the district to Columbia.

Brian Barrientos/Slave Trade Compromise

2014-01-09 14:27:35 UTC

The compromise wanted to regulate and eventually ban the transportation of new slaves into America.

Brian Barrientos/The Great Compromise

2014-01-09 14:31:27 UTC

This is the official seal of the House of Representatives. The House was created under the Great Compromise.

Brian Barrientos/The Great Compromise

2014-01-09 14:36:31 UTC

This is the official seal of the House of Representatives. The House was created under the Great Compromise.

Compromises Quiz

brianbarrientos — 2014-01-09 22:50:17 UTC

Compromise of 1877

1. Who did the Democrats want to win in the election of 1876?

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Paul Revere

C. Samuel Tilden

D. Rutherford B. Hayes

2. What ends in the South as a result of the Compromise of 1877?

A. The Great Depression

B. Reconstruction

C. The Golden Age

D. The Reign of Terror

3. What did the Southern states receive in the Compromise of 1877?

A. Federal Money

B. Power to govern themselves

C. Promise to withdraw federal troops

D. All of the above

The Missouri Compromise

4. How did the North and South come to a compromise on Missouri?

A. The North ignored the South and forced Missouri into a free state.

B. Missouri becomes a slave state and Maine becomes a free state to balance out the ratio of free and slave states.

C. They split Missouri in half making one side slave and the other free.

D. The South sends Preston Brooks up North to cane Northern officials and make Missouri a slave state.

Hamilton's Economic Plan

5. How did the South react to Hamilton's economic plan?

A. They embraced it, especially the tariffs.

B. They didn't care about it cause it wouldn't effect them.

C. They were angered by it because of the tariffs.

D. They were jealous of it so they made up their own economic plan to compete with Hamilton.

The Great Compromise

6. What were the names of the two competing government plans of the Constitutional Convention?

A. The South Carolina Plan and the New York Plan

B. The Republican Plan and the Democrat Plan

C. The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
D. The Marshall Plan and the Anaconda Plan

7. What parts of Congress did the Great Compromise establish?

A. House of Representatives

B. House of Blues
C. Senate
D. A and C

The 3/5 Compromise

8. Why were the northern states opposed to slaves being counted towards a state's population?

A. The South would have more representatives in Congress

B. Slaves were considered property and not citizens

C. The South had more slaves than the North

D. All of the above

9. What was the solution to this issue?

A. Everyone would be counted as 3/5 a person

B. A slave would be counted as 3/5 a person

C. The Senate would have a 3/5 majority vote on the issue

D. They flipped a coin

Slave Trade Compromise

10. The Slave Trade Compromise abolished the slave trade after 20 years.

A. True

B. False

Brian Barrientos/The Great Compromise

brianbarrientos — 2014-01-10 01:15:11 UTC

A short, educational video that summarizes the compromise.