Wilmot Proviso 1846: The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment created in 1846 by a representative named David Wilmot. The amendment stated that any land owned by Mexico was considered to be free, meaning slavery would not be tolerated. Wilmot’s intent was to get rid of all slavery in all the new land acquired. Many northerns agrees to this amendment however, southern's found it horrible. In addition, the amendment provided around $2 million dollars for President Polk to negotiate with Mexico for peace and an official border between Mexico and U.S. Despite the repeated attempts, the amendment failed to pass through Senate because to great amount of representatives in the South. However, because the the act was denied by the Senate the issue of slavery spreading was continued for many years. Wilmot next option was to push the amendment into the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. However, many southerns denied it and was then removed.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe …show more content…
It was a set of laws, that was passed by Congress which permitted states to pick in the event that they needed to be a slave state or a free state. The new land acquired from Mexico, which is known as present day California was proposed to be a free state by law. However, the states which joined later on had the chance to pick whether if they wanted to be free or a slave 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 abolitionist to make novels like "Uncle Tom's
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe …show more content…
It was a set of laws, that was passed by Congress which permitted states to pick in the event that they needed to be a slave state or a free state. The new land acquired from Mexico, which is known as present day California was proposed to be a free state by law. However, the states which joined later on had the chance to pick whether if they wanted to be free or a slave 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 abolitionist to make novels like "Uncle Tom's