2013 Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle The Popular Sovereignty Panacea Popular sovereignty- the sovereign people of a territory should determine the statues of slavery. This was popular with politicians because it was a comfortable compromise between the abolitionists and the slaver-holders National Convention at Baltimore‚ Democrats chose General Lewis Cass as their candidate of presidency (pro-slavery) Political Triumphs for General Taylor Whigs met in Philadelphia and chose Zachary
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Gag Rule‚ a series of rules adopted by Congress in order to prevent antislavery petitions. Slavery became a huge focus politically. Not only did the Wilmot Proviso make slavery a politically huge discussion‚ but it also was a step towards the Compromise of 1850. Lastly‚ the Wilmot Proviso caused the tension between the North and the South to increase‚ because the South depended on slavery the Proviso would prohibit slavery to expand to the newly gained territories‚ resulting in much more power for
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Summer on April 12‚ 1861. Many disagreements regarding slavery‚ the states‚ the economy‚ and compromises caused the buildup to the Civil War. The South wanted to
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Maddy Zimba During the period of 1850-1861‚ America was struggling to stay united as debates over several major issues started to take the forefront. After the war with Mexico ended in 1848‚ America gained the territories of Texas‚ New Mexico‚ and California through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Soon after‚ disputes over whether these states should be free states or slave states erupted. By 1850‚ a solution was found in the Compromise of 1850 where California would become a free state‚ and New
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fundamental laws and guaranteed basic rights for its citizens. Among these rights included the 3/5 Compromise which addressed the issue of representation and direct taxation and concluded that each slave represented 3/5 of a free person. With this law in place‚ the Constitution supported racial superiority and slavery. As a result led to the Missouri Compromise. MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1819 The Missouri compromise determine which states will remain free or slave states. In addition‚ with incoming states a
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Territorial Expansion and Slavery Veronica Boisis His/115 February 20‚ 2013 Gregory Taylor * Congress deal with the issue of slavery as new states were admitted and new territories acquired by passing a new law‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ which allowed Texas to be admitted to the Union as a slave state and California to be admitted as a free state. Proposals known as popular sovereignty took place and consist in voters in New Mexico and Utah would decide the slavery question themselves.
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American prosperity. Southerners were highly dependent‚ and supportive of slavery‚ however many moral arguments and political actions went toward the opposition to the spread of slavery including the Missouri compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Missouri Compromise was one of the political actions towards prohibiting slavery in new territory. It was a two-part political action by Henry Clay‚ he would first admit Missouri to the union as a free state‚ and was balanced
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made him a great compromiser. “Clay was often hailed for his role in trying to find compromises on the issue of slavery.” (Robert McNamara‚ Henry Clay‚ http://history1800s.about.com/od/leaders/a/Henry-Clay-bio.htm) He helped with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. The Missouri Compromise was the first settlement that tried to combat the disagreement on the issue of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 helped stall a civil war in the US and held the Union together. Clay also
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impact on all politics through the events it created. Some such events are the Compromise of 1850‚ the Election 1852‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ the Lincoln-Douglass Debates‚ and the Election of 1860. The impacts of these events were great on the political parties of the Whigs‚ Republicans and Free-Soilers. The greatest impact of slavery on the Whigs party took place on the last few years of its existence. The Compromise of 1850‚ which was the solution to the conflict of having California being accepted
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1860‚ the Civil War broke out‚ ultimately because of economic‚ political and social aspects of westward expansion. Therefore‚ westward expansion caused the Civil War. The Western Frontier was seen as a profitable enterprise by many people in the 1850s. In Ripon‚ Wisconsin in 1854‚ the Republican Party was formed with contrasting views to other political parties; they wanted no slavery in any territory purely because the Republicans wanted the west to be open only to free white labor. The Republican
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