Compromise of 1850

Also during the 1850s abolitionist books were becoming popular, in particular, anti-slavery novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, written by author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852. This book is recognized for aiding the anti-slavery movement and was a hugely successful…

opened, creating a growing and comfortable middle class. Overall, the income of the average citizen of the United States went up greatly. It also became fairly easy for someone to move up in their social class; many opportunities to succeed came up. In 1850s there were conflicts between the North and South. By this time there was also a large amount of territory beyond Missouri and Iowa. This particularly new territory would play a significant role in farming and railroads. But there were…

When it comes to compromise, what is the first thing that comes out from your mind? Is it an advantage or disadvantage? The answers to this question vary from people to people, regions to regions. People who regard compromise as an advantage, say that compromise helps reach a mutual agreement among conflicting groups. Other people might disagree, arguing that compromise is unfair to those who have already been in the upper position. Deborah Tannen’s article, “ Why is ‘Compromise’ Now a Dirty…

lobbied for this stricter law to be passed because they wanted to protect their property interest even though they knew there were abolitionists in the North who did not want to accept that law but they agreed to it, since it was part of the Compromise of 1850. The North only agreed to it only if the federal government would pay for the recapturing of the slaves. This law also compelled even the citizens to assist and even paid more money to the judges for returning slaves. Additionally, the…

eastern terminus in Chicago, but the railroad needed to be secure as it was going to go through the Kansas and Nebraska territories, preferably as states. Being a personal advocate of popular sovereignty, Stephen A. Douglas disliked the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and believed that the state should decide if it wants to be a free-state or a slave-state. Although the North and South were clearly different culturally and economically, separated by their own definition of the American Dream, the…

As Foote says, the “cotton capitalists” of the South at first believed that their interests were the same as “capitalists in general”; however, “anti-slavery and pro-tariff agitation was beginning to teach them otherwise” (10). In 1832, Southern protests over the tariff issue caused the state of South Carolina to threaten to secede from the Union. The state government instituted an “Ordinance of Nullification,” which was based on the view that an individual state has the right to refuse to…

this as treason and sent a warship to South Carolina. Jackson even produced a force bill when congress intervened, and battle seemed unavoidable Barely quelling the violence but solving the problem, Clay had to come up with another bill which was a compromise in which the tariff would be reduced to pre-existing levels over an amount of…

declared that Dred Scott would still remain a slave and that blacks were “so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect” (Trigger Events). This decision threatened to break the compromises remaining that had prevented from a civil war from happening. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act forced the North to capture and return escaped slaves back to the South. This upset the North because they were against slavery and did not want to be involved with slavery…

The Breaking Point: What Caused Secession? There were many elements that led to the Southern states to secede from the Union in the 19th century. Although there were numerous causes for the withdrawal of the Southern states, the preeminent causes originated from the beliefs of the North regarding anti-slavery. Among the many causes for the secession of the Southern states, significant causes include, the consequences of Western expansion, growing sectional differences between north and…

The Civil War was undoubtedly the most defining moment in the development of American history. Preceding it included the antebellum period from 1840-1850 which was one of great change as the dynamics of the American situation shifted after the end of the war between Mexico and the United States. Along with the American victory came consequences as slavery expanded into newly acquired territories. This further deepened the sectional divide among northern and southern states and would throw the…