Compromise of 1850

Because of this Compromise, California was admitted as a free state and slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty in the New Mexico Territory. The admission of new states was of great important at this time, as they would either be free or slave states. Both sides pushed their own agendas, which resulted in mounting tension. Southern states refused to agree with the compromise unless a tougher fugitive slave law was a part of the compromise. This new Fugitive Slave Act created…

America formed many compromises to resolve political disputes between the years of 1820 and 1860. Many of political uprisings were caused by the conflict over slavery; should slavery be legal, or abolished? The Second Great Awakening was a religious reform in the early nineteenth century America, preachers like Charles Finney travelled around the world to lecture people about the importance of religion. These preachers lectured to their audience that their sins could be cleansed forever.…

that the country could not continue to exist as two nations under one government. In some form the two opposed ideologies had to settle their differences. However, because the differences were so fundamentally important to each section, politically compromise would have ultimately led only to one side’s economic and social ideology being wiped out. Both sides were unwilling to let their establishment damaged by the other. Eli Whitney’s invention changed the stakes as it revived a dying…

begin to fight and save the Union. However, the Civil War did not happen overnight, but was in the process for about eleven years. The paramount events that led to the Civil War began with the Compromise of 1850 and end with the election of Abe Lincoln, which includes John Brown in Bleeding…

According to Ellis Latashi, during 1846, David Wilmot made the "Wilmot Proviso" that banned slavery in the new land{Western lands}.Later, in the 1850's the Compromise of 1850 was made instead of the "Wilmot Proviso" that caused a lot of debate. After the Mexican war ended in1848, America gave up the western lands but it still worried…

The South strongly believed in the importance of slavery, most likely because this part of the United States relied on it far more than the North. According to the 1850 Census, the North had 236 slaves, compared to 3,200,364 in the South. As stated above, the North was more industrial than the South, which made slavery less of a necessity. Furthermore, the North was home to 7 in 8 immigrants that came to the America…

The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War. By Michael Holt Since the founding of the United States, the founding fathers aimed to allow the people a voice. However, in the 19th century, despite such core principles, the government began to exercise its power in a multitude of ways. With the introduction of opposing ideas and thoughts, differing political parties emerged. The core division between the parties remained one thing: slavery. In his…

of the blacks that suffered and continued suffering in the hands of federal marshals and other masters (Cazenovia Convention, 1850). It explained how the slave masters carried out slave trade; a trade that made many slaves suffer. The letter urged both free and fugitive blacks to keep off from the police officers that were also involved in slavery (Cazenovia Convention, 1850). In response to the Congressional debates, the letter aimed to deviate from the Congress’ decision of passing the…

think that he was a terrorist for unlawfully killing slave owners and wreaking havoc in the Confederate States of America. Although, was it possible that John Brown was both or neither? The entire country was under a crisis during the 1840s and 1850s. After the Mexican-American war ended in the late 1840s, the country was in disagreement over the new territories…

of the union. Between 1776 and 1860, territorial compromises and political negotiations helped preserve unity: the Missouri compromise in…