Compromise of 1850

being able to come to a compromise on the issue of slavery, and politics. The Civil war is one of the most unique wars in the history of America. Some historians believe the war could be prevented while others believe it was bound to happen. However, I feel that in many cases the Civil war could have been avoided, but the ways things were being handled in the country it was destined to happen. One event that lead to the civil war was the compromise of 1850. The compromise of 1850 was a set of…

In the years prior to the American Civil War, Congress created, passed, and dismissed dozens of compromises to diminish sectional tensions created by opposing slavery beliefs. During April 1861, the agreements created by the United States government began to display their repercussions. These repercussions were caused by the unhappiness created by the compromises and because of the unsatisfying conditions, many Southern states, including states such as Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, seceded from…

cause of the separation in Confederacy and Union. Many historians agree that the cause slavery itself, however, some counterparts consider it to be westward expansion. After the Louisiana Purchase, many states were settled with the Missouri Compromise -the compromise established to momentarily calm the issues on slavery-. The Mexican-American War that gave such an extensive portion of land to the United States used to be a controversy amongst the people since some of them did not want to fight…

the Missouri Compromise. There was also disputed boundaries between Texas and Mexico which lead to the Mexican War in 1846. After the war, American politicians could not agree whether states created from Mexican land would be free or not. This was the baseline tension created, however there were other factors that were much more important. The main factor that lead to the tensions created by territorial expansion was the actions of politicians in the 1850’s during the 1850 compromise as these…

state. In addition, different parts of the compromise lead to the Fugitive Slave Act, which hurt the north and south. The act required the north to give back any runaway slaves which created a considerable measure of tension for them. The act hurt the north the most because that it targeted them becoming a part of the slave system. The act bothered many abolitionists in the North and later became a tremendous issue. In any case, as time went on the compromise and the act brought about…

The compromise allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state, along with the addition of the Maine as a free state. The balance was kept with the compromise in 1820, however tension would reach a boiling point; that boiling point would be the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 sought to quell any undefined areas regarding slavery, through the adoption of popular sovereignty and the…

During the 1800’s, the US was lit aflame with debate regarding the rights of slaves. Southerners claimed that slaves were property with no rights. Northerners, on the other hand, thought slaves to be people, and thus demanded the South treat their slaves as such. This conflict led the North to pass a series of laws that diminished slavery in the US, ultimately leading the South to secede from the Union. While the North’s antislavery legislation may have hurt the South, the South’s decision to…

“Examine the impact of westward expansion on the development of sectionalism in the United States between 1820 and 1850.” Westward expansion fundamentally divided the North and South, the Southerners moved into fertile cotton land and became agriculturally based; their society was dependent upon slavery to farm the vastly prominent crop, cotton. The North was more industrialized and populous. New states were admitted to the Union since the US was expanding, leading to the fight between free and…

around 1850, the conflict occurred in the foreground since the spread and the connection of new states brought on disputes. In the “Compromise of 1850” was decided that…

to establish plantation on such lands. This desire to expand slavery and to expand white culture westward would bring up the long silenced issue of slavery. While westward expansion sparked the talk of slavery, events such as the Mexican War, Compromise of 1850, the Kansas and Nebraska Act, and the Election of 1860 would eventually lead to the Civil War. Produced by westward expansion, the Mexican War would eventually put a spotlight the issue of slavery and put even more pressure on the…