* Compromise proposed by Sen John Crittenden of KY proposed constitutional amdts w/ permanent slavery in slave states, fugitive slave returned. At heart was plan to reinstitute Missouri Compromise Line for western lands…
The compromise of 1850 was a document constructed by Henry Clay to ease tensions between North and South. The compromise consisted of the following five points—(1) writing a new fugitive slave law, since beforehand white citizens could give runaway slaves room and board and not be penalized, therefore appeasing the South, (2) annexing California as a free state to the Union, an advantage to the North, (3) prohibiting the slave trade, but not slavery itself, in the District of Columbia, (4) reorganizing the Mexican Cession into the New Mexico and Utah territories with the slavery issue being decided by popular sovereignty, and (5) declaring a border between Texas and New Mexico, with $10 million in reparations for the territory Texas surrendered…
In the beginning of westward expansion, the issue of slavery in the newly settles territory became an important and dividing political issue. The Missouri Compromise tried to reach an agreement between the North and South, admitting Maine as a free state, but Missouri as a slave state. Although the Missouri Compromise was unsuccessful in satisfying the North and South, it was important in that it marked the boundary for slavery in the territory…
Looking at the graphs on population and troops, why do you think Union states were able to raise a much larger army than the Confederacy?…
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 these compromises and gave the South what it wanted for minimal returns. The three main compromises of the 19th century, the compromises of 1820 (Missouri) and 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 each were ways for the south to gain more power so that eventually, it could secede.…
While there had already been tension building between the North and the South, the addition of new territory added new fuel to the fire. If the new states that emerged from the Louisiana Territory were all free, then the balance of power in the U.S. Senate would tilt decisively against slavery or vice versa . From the moment that the expansion of the United States emerged, there was conflict. Eventually after many years of debate the Missouri Compromise came to be in 1820. The Missouri Compromise was devised by Henry Clay . It was an attempt to defuse the tension causes by the addition of the Louisiana Purchase. It gave the pre-slavers the decisive state they needed to hold their position in congress. After much debate was had about which states would be free or slave states with the addition of the Louisiana Purchase, a compromise was worked out. To appease both sides Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine (which used to be apart Massachusetts) would have the status of a free state, and minus Missouri, slavery was to be excluded at a certain latitude . With the Missouri Compromise; all states south of Missouri would be slave states and all states north of it would be free. The addition of Missouri as a slave state just ignited the already hot debate about the legitimacy of slavery. While the Louisiana Purchase would eventually help to…
The Compromise of 1850 was made to settle issues between North and South about territory and slavery that was caused by the Mexican-American War. There were five bills made. The first bill was that California was a free state. The second state was that Texas would be paid compensation by the government for giving California and New Mexico up. The third bill was that New Mexico was a new state without any specific prohibition of slavery. The fourth bill was that there would be no slave trade in Washington DC. The fifth bill was that if a slave ran away, people would have to chase after it no matter what. Even though this was a compromise, the North and South didn’t really like it that much. Texas especially didn’t like it because they lost a lot of territory.…
The Kansas and Nebraska Act was introduced in 1854 by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas was a Democrat well liked in the South. He didn’t really care too much about slavery because he was looking toward the development of the new Western country between the Missouri River and California. Specifically, he wanted a transcontinental railroad that went through Chicago, which was his home town. Building this road would involve grants of public land. The south, on the other hand, wanted it to go to the Pacific coast by way of Texas and New Mexico. In order to get southern support he decided to make a bill to create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.…
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance.…
The Missouri Compromise was one reason for the beginning of the Civil War.In 1820, Missouri wanted to join as a slave state but if the state was accepted then there would be more slave states then free states.The Missouri compromise was worked out between Senator Henry Clay and Congress that whenever a slave state was accepted a free state also had to be accepted. Missouri was accepted with the exception of Maine also being accepted as a free state.The south wanted more slaves because they depended on them for all the farming and manufacturing.…
The U.S senator, Henry Clay, was determined to take care of all these disputes. He, as well as other men like Daniel Webster and John Calhoun, sat down and debated a compromise that could resolve all these issue. The compromise became know as the Compromise of 1850.…
In the years leading up to the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried, and failed to, deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there were overlying reasons in which the compromises were necessary. The expansion of the country and introduction of new territories and states resulted in congressional conflicts between North and South that would attempt the balancing of pro and free-states…
What were four demanding questions that would have to be answered quickly after the Civil War?…
Internships are an important part of the growing experience for an individual; they can help determine what one would like to pursue for a future career, and what one would not like to do. My time interning with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine was overall an amazing experience. I now possess an overall understanding of the tasks of a collection manager must deal with on a day-to-day basis. I tackled a multitude of projects while working with Kate McDaniel, the projects consisted of dealing with loan documents, photographing artifacts, designing and creating two display cases, and researching non-accessioned objects. Through this variety of tasks, I have enjoyed some more than others and know how small non-profit museum differ from the larger ones. I loved interning at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, I met amazing individual and learned an immense amount about the field of curation, which I original knew very little about.…
(3) The Kansas – Nebraska Act was a piece of legislation and Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois was their spokesperson, this was partly because he supported the construction of a transcontinental railroad which linked Chicago to California. (4) But, for this act to be effective it was necessary to repeal the Missouri Compromise. As well as the boundary restrictions on the territorial extension of slavery that was in place with the Missouri Compromise. This act wasn’t effective and because it was ineffective. This act did not…