In the year 1820‚ congress passed a law called the “Missouri Compromise”. This law stated: any state below the border of Missouri that wanted to join the Union would be a slave state‚ and any state above the Missouri border would be a free state. The law also allowed anyone to cross either side of the border to capture African Americans and sell them back into slavery. When the Missouri Compromise was passed‚there were three states above the border that were already slave states‚ and the law allowed
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of 1820 to 1854‚ major arguments and political actions maintained continuity by maintaining a political strategy of compromise in order to preserve peace and the union as seen in the Kansas Nebraska Act and the Missouri Compromise. But the political actions taken in these two compromises fostered a significant amount of change rather than continuity. Although the Missouri Compromise seemed to settle the big issue by the time of the Kansas Nebraska Act came along the conflict had escalated beyond what
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on the other hand‚ was determined to count slaves into their population due to the high proportion of slaves in the southern region of the country. Without the support of the South‚ the ratification of the Constitution was doubtful‚ so the 3/5 Compromise was written. Article 1‚ section 2 of the Constitution states that “population for the purposes of representation and taxation would be determined by adding the whole number of free people‚ including indentured servants‚ plus 3/5 of all slaves”.
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The intent of the Missouri Compromise was to solve the problem of unequal representation between slave and free states in the Union and‚ hopefully‚ bring peace between the North and South. In 1818‚ Missouri requested to join the Union as a slave state. Louisiana had already been admitted as a slave state. Congress was concerned that adding another slave state would upset the balance between the number of free and slave states. James Tallmadge of New York proposed an amendment that would require
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maintain balance. However‚ this compromise also states that any state north of the Mason-Dixon line‚ “contemplated by this act‚ slavery and involuntary servitude‚ otherwise than in the punishment of crimes‚ whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted‚ shall be‚ and is hereby‚ forever prohibited.” It effectively divided the country by geography‚ and it indirectly splits people into a demographic. The Compromise of 1850 eventually overturned the Missouri Compromise‚ when Texas applies for statehood
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Sectional Compromises in the 19th Century There are two mind paths to choose when considering the statement that the compromises of the 1800s were not really compromises‚ but sectional sellouts by the North‚ that continually gave in to the South’s wishes. The first is that the compromises really were compromises‚ and the second is that the compromises were modes of the North selling out. Really‚ there is only one correct mind path of these two‚ and that is that the North sold out during
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The political compromise during the period of 1820 to 1860 was unable to reduce sectional tension during this time period. According to Tom Meltzer and Jean H. Bennett‚ in their book CRACKING THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM‚ “The new period of expansion resulted in a national debate over slavery‚ as would every period of expansion to follow until the Civil War resolved the slavery question.” The Missouri Compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and… were just a quick fix for the inevitable to come‚ the civil
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 In November of 1818‚ Missouri petitioned Congress for statehood and ignited a controversy over slavery and a balance of power in the Senate that would span two sessions of Congress and threaten the dissolution of the Union and a civil war. Prior to the Missouri question‚ the Union had eleven Free states and eleven slave states‚ each with two Senators. The Missouri Territory‚ carved out of land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ covered an expanse of land
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Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚
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Caitlinn Lovett Professor Jimmy Pigg US History 201 16 June 2015 The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was part of a group of laws that are known as the Compromise of 1850. The law required that all escaped slaves who fled were to be returned to their masters and prohibited anyone from aiding runaway slaves. Abolitionists hated the passage of this law so much that it played a major role in the end of slavery. The northern attitude toward slavery was resented
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