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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to end the practice in one fell swoop. Missouri compromise: Unable to stop the spread of slavery altogether‚ abolitionists at least were able to restrict its spread. Mexican War: A setback for the anti-slavery forces‚ as slavery was permitted in the newly absorbed territories‚ which lay below the line set in the Missouri Compromise. This helped galvanize both sides‚ beginning a process that would make war inevitable. Compromise of 1850. An attempt to deal with some of the slavery related
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owners’ growing frustration with the increasing number of slave escapees and runaways on account of the Underground Railroad and other escape routes gave the ordeal of creating a stricter Fugitive-Slave Law great weight in what became the Compromise of 1850. Compromise was indeed struck
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The 1850 ’s were a turbulent time in American history. The North and South were seeing total different views on the issue of slavery. The North saw slavery as immoral and that it was unconstitutional. The south on the other hand saw slavery as their right. The South viewed African Americans as lower human beings which justified slavery. "The 1850 ’s was a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible." This quote best describes this time period‚ because Americans were
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such a hot topic‚ many compromises including the Missouri compromise‚ and the compromise of 1850 touched on slavery‚ and tried to appease both sides. Compromise seemed to be the best and most effective to use in the early nineteenth century‚ but by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. The two differing viewpoints had little room for compromise this change being because of political‚ social‚ and intellectual reasons. As Political parties became heated the idea of compromise was seen as even more
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Slavery was like an addiction that the south could not break. Although it provided economic benefits to both the north and the south‚ the addiction or “curse” bound the people to the downfalls of slavery as well. Slavery created an oligarchy of which a small aristocracy of slave-owners would dominate political‚ economic‚ and social affairs of both races. The institutions negative impact on the South‚ and even the entire nation would eventually lead to the civil war. The institution of slavery oppressed
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important? Explain. "Californy Gold" 31. Did the California Gold Rush make people rich? Explain. Sectional Balance and the Underground Railroad Know: Underground Railroad‚ Harriet Tubman 32. "The South was in a politically weak position in the 1850’s." Assess this statement. Twilight of the Senatorial Giants Know: Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ Daniel Webster 33. What effect did Webster’s speech have? Deadlock and Danger on Capitol Hill Know:
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Southerners. Three events that inflamed tensions between the North and South included the Compromise of 1850‚ the publishment of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚” and the election of 1860. The Civil War lasted about 4 years‚ and that was because the North and South had differing opinions on slavery. The first event that I believe lead to the beginning of the Civil War was the Compromise of 1850. For many years‚ the Missouri Compromise was put into place‚ where an imaginary line was drawn at 36‚ 30 degrees North. Anything
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