Compromise of 1850

America was moving to its successful journey, they were expanding their tattoo to the west through manifest destiny and westward expansion; however, not every group of people were benefited or happy with this. They kicked the Native Americans from their own land. America was adamant about moving towards the west and conquering the lands by hook or cook. Slavery played a huge role in the rise of Mexican War too. The main cause was Manifest Destiny which stated that God gave America the right to…

heads in every aspect. By the time we come near 1850 there have been numerous compromises in the area of slavery versus free issues. However, many of these compromises were weakening or had fallen completely by the time 1850 arrived. There are a few reasons why many of these compromises were no longer working by 1850. One was that new instances kept arising that would through a wrench into prior compromises. Another reason is that the compromises were trying to please both sides of the argument…

1820: Missouri Compromise When the territory that is now Missouri applied for statehood in 1819, the North was clearly against the proposition since they felt that the South already held too much power in the government. However, later on, when the District of Maine desired statehood, a compromise was made. In order to uphold the balance between free and slave states, states would be admitted in pairs with one slave state and one free state. After a massive debate, this was put into effect,…

Compromise is crucial to the stability of a Union, especially one as new as the states were in the 1800s. Without compromise there is no unity throughout the states which causes complete chaos, which we knew even back then. Despite of how crucial it was for the leaders in the North and South to find compromise were unable to find that vital common ground that they could use to come up with a neutral decision about aspects in and out of the government. The conflict was made up of the pro-slavery…

Failure of Political Compromise According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of compromise is “a settlement of differences reached by mutual concessions” (166). A compromise can be temporary or long-term and is typically settled by two or more parties. In any government changes are inevitable, so these compromises may be altered or abolished. In terms of slavery, compromise was one of the more difficult decisions in United States history. Determining whether or not it was…

address the slavery issues, the Compromise of 1850 was put in place to temporarily settle the dispute. The Compromise of 1850 was made up of five laws that covered the problems regarding slavery. After California requested to enter the union in 1849, the balance between free and slave states shifted causing a major drift in the union. To “bury the hatchet”, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished as part of the Compromise of 1850. California then…

Motives Towards The Civil War The Civil War was a defining event in American History. Throughout the 1840s and 1850s there was major turmoil across the western territories due to expansion of slavery. The South’s view of slavery saw it as an essential to their nation. Since, America could not have made any growth without the help of slaves. On the other hand, the North’s view on slavery saw it as an inhumane way of life. So, this created some hefty tension between the North and the South. The…

The Compromise of 1820, also known as the Missouri compromise, was a bill that was formed to create boundaries that split the United States between the Northern free states (non-slavery), and the Southern slave states. The boundary line for slave states and non-slave states was latitude 36°30′(see map below). At the time the northern states economy was industrial, and the southern states economy was more agricultural. For this reason the southern states relied heavily on the use of slaves to…

prosecution was deemed futile” (Hughes 136). This made it harder for slaves to be captured. Defiance to the fugitive slave law made it harder for the South to enforce slavery and made Southerners more willing to fight against the abolitionists. The Compromise of 1850 caused major conflict among the North and South, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act furthered…

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of congressional statutes passed in September of 1850, in which the United States Congress sought out to settle conflicts between those who opposed slavery in the North and those in favor of slavery in the South. There is much speculation about what the United States would be like today without this Compromise. Which leads to the question, should the Compromise have ever been approved? Still, regardless if the Compromise was approved or not, the Civil War was…