pro-slavery land‚ many counter acted with free soil proposals and arguments. During the year of 1850‚ the United States of America managed to ease the tension between those at opposite spectrums of this confrontation through the Compromise of 1850. Before the passage of the Compromise of 1850‚ many of the United States’ leaders found themselves at odds with one another. John C. Calhoun‚ a publically known pro-slavery Congressman‚ believed that slavery should not have been excluded from territories prior
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Yokas Evaluate the extent to which political compromise contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change concerning sectional tntions in the period of 1820-1861. Sectional tensions had always existed in America‚ however during the period of 1820-1861 differences in the North and South became so serious that the nation was on the verge of division. There were many attempts at compromise‚ including the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850‚ but to no affect. Disunion and division
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sovereignty Popular sovereignty – soverign people of territory should determine status of slavery Reasons for popularity – public liked it because accorded with democratic tradition of self-determination; politicians liked it because it seemed compromise btw abolitionists and south Zachary Taylor – Hero of Buena Vista‚ ‚ Whig candidate‚ wins presidency in 1848 Whig Platform – dodged troublesome issues‚ extolled virtues of candidate Free Soil Party platform – for Wilmot Proviso‚ against slavery
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stopping slave trade outside of the US. This would reduce the number of slaves in the states in the near future and prevent a bigger slavery problem from happening in future. Henry Clay senator from Kentucky was determined to find a solution and the Compromise of 1850 soon came about. Many opposed this act but many greatly accepted it. Another way the United States government worked towards abolishing slavery was by prohibiting it in new territories. The government did not want these new territories
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Southern and Northern States slowly began to move farther apart. Even though Northern congressmen supported the Wilmot Proviso‚ which banned slavery in all new Western territories‚ the 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
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erupted. By 1850‚ a solution was found in the Compromise of 1850 where California would become a free state‚ and New Mexico and Texas would have popular sovereignty‚ allowing them to decide for themselves whether they would be slave states or not. The Fugitive Slave Act was also written in 1850 in an effort to satisfy southern slave owners by requiring northerners to return any runaway slaves back to their owners in the South. The combination of the Compromise of 1850 and The Fugitive Slave Act‚ along
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What events led to the Civil War? During the Revolutionary Era from 1765-1815‚ slavery existed in thirteen colonies. Maryland went from white servants to slaves. There was an agricultural economy that existed in the South that was dependent on the labor of slaves. Although slavery did not exist in the North exclusively; New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and New England were involved in the trade of slaves; so although the South was exclusively using slaves as an economic gain‚ the North also had financial
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importations ceased prior to the war as part of the compromise regarding slavery and the 3/5 compromise‚ however demand for slaves increased as Eli Whitney’s cotton gin and the expansion of the cotton south increased the institution as well as increased the conflict over whether or not slavery should be able to expand as the country expanded westward into the Louisiana Territory. In 1820‚ the tension was temporarily resolved with the Missouri Compromise which allowed Missouri to enter the nation as a
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their opinions. However‚ with no actual compromise being reached to solve their problems until after the Civil War‚ they were unable to avoid secession. Many of the compromises and decisions were constantly being changed. They never really satisfied both sections. Some examples are the Compromise of 1850‚ Dred-Scott decision‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ etc. All of these were unsuccessful in keeping the North and South together. I believe if successful compromises were made to please both sections and were
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economies made their money in two totally different ways. The North made their money by big industries. The South used the cold-blooded system of slavery. The United States fought a Civil War because of sectionalism‚ slavery and compromises ignoring previous compromises. The United fought a Civil War because of sectionalism. “ They started many tobacco plantations and brought in black slaves from Africa to provide most of the labor. “ the North’s economy came to depend more on trade than on agriculture
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