• Popular Sovereignty – let the people of the territory vote on slavery (developed by Stephen Douglas) Compromise of 1850 (Henry Clay) • California would come in as a free state • Popular Sovereignty in the rest of the Mexican Cession • Tougher Fugitive Slave Law • Abolished slave trade in DC Early 1850s: Time of relative peace until Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written. Clay and Calhoun died in the early 50s thinking they saved the union
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Congress continued to play the compromise game in 1820 and 1850 to maintain an equal number of free and slave votes in the Senate (where every state had two votes). Following the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)‚ a series of bills was developed that was intended to settle many of the difficulties presented by slavery and the surrounding controversial issues. The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the group of laws referred to as the "Compromise of 1850." In this compromise‚ the antislavery advocates gained
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18Between the years 1788-1850 Australia was re-discovered‚ colonized and faced many fights between the natives of Australia and the British. Disease‚ communication barriers‚ land rights‚ food supply‚ cultural clashes and wars between the British and the natives played a major role in the resistance between the naives and the British for the first 60 years of colonization(1). The English sent over 162‚000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships. The first eleven of these ships are today known as the First
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India as colony 1850 to 1947 Colonial India was part of the Indian subcontinent which was under the control of European colonial powers through trade and conquest. Alexander the great was one of the first European power that arrive in India. Later‚ trade was carried between Indian states and the Roman Empire‚ but Romans never sought trading settlements or territory in India. The spice trade between India and Europe was one of the best in the world. India was searching for health and prosperity and
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Southern congressmen completely disagreed and went against it. The Compromise of 1850 was set to hopefully smooth these disputes over by supporting the idea of popular sovereignty‚ western lands having the right to determine by themselves whether they would be free or slave states. The Free-Soil Party also had a big impact. They opposed slavery’s expansion in the Western territories in the late 1840s and early 1850s. The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott Case (1857) decision highlighted the
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From the years 1800-1850 the nation was full of battles and prosperity. Territorial expansion was a cause in most of the battles‚ but also gained prosperity for the nation. There were many impacts on national unity between those time periods‚ but the main impact was territorial expansion. This is true because of the Louisiana Purchase‚ the purchase of Oregon territory‚ and the Mexican War. The Louisiana Purchase was the most important event of President Thomas Jefferson ’s first Administration
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Democratic Ideals 1820-1850 Between the 1820’s and the 1850’s‚ America went through drastic changes in its society. There were many reform movements going on at the same time while some people demanded for change and equality‚ the others believed change would come to ruin America. All of this turmoil between the people boiled up into the Civil War. There were many factors that split the North and the South from each other and influenced them to go to war. Slavery was probably the
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tariff‚ law‚ or new state entry the North and South disagreed. The Missouri Compromise‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Popular Sovereignty‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ the entry of new states‚ newspapers and books‚ the Dred Scott Case‚ Immigration‚ and the Compromise of 1850 were just a few of the reasons that caused the North and South to go to war. The Missouri Compromise was the first solution to the first open conflict that took place between the north and South. This Missouri Territory caused a problem because
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Chapter 18 1. In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity‚ early nineteenth century politicians avoided public discussion of slavery 2. The US’s victory in the Mexican War resulted in renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories‚ a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery‚ the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the US‚ and a rush of settlers to new American territory in California
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the Second Party system consisting of the Whigs and Democrats played from Andrew Jackson’s presidency to the early 1850s. The expansion of slavery into new territories and states was the most contentious issue of the day. The Northern and Southern wings of both the Democrats and the Whigs adopted particular positions on such controversies as the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850 that kept the public looking to the political realm for solutions. But that political status quo fell apart as
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