Compromise of 1850

Prior to the Civil War the North and South often attempted to compromise to ease the tensions created by their differing cultures, however, not all of them worked or were merely temporary measures that would not stave off conflict. The first compromise between the northern and southern states was during the drafting of the Constitution, which despite it’s vague language affirmed the institution of slavery within the Constitution as this clause not only included the three-fifths clause, but…

usually Northerners. Around the time when slavery existed the phenomena of runway slaves were heavy. When the first Fugitive Slave Act was created there were many slaves who were able to run away into freedom but when the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was put into place, less runaways were able to do so due to its enhanced penalties and regulations. According to www.history.com the Fugitive Slave Acts were “a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of…

The Constitution of the United States, although originally framed for national unity, eventually had become a source for sectional conflict and tension that resulted in the Union 's failure by the 1850’s. There are many factors that led up to the failure of the Union one of the most important and controversial ones being slavery. Debates on the slavery issue ever since the Constitutional Convention had caused major issues throughout the continent, affecting the nation as a whole economically,…

starting the Civil War. Compromises in legislation surrounding slavery caused tensions between free states and slave states. The South’s growing reliance on the cotton industry tied them economically to slavery, while the North was predominantly focusing on manufacturing, leading them to rely on different types of economies. Abolitionist literature in the North helped change people’s view on slavery as not only a political issue to a moral issue as well. Political compromises between…

In the 1850s, because many committee chairmanships and leadership positions were held by southerners, they were able to block discussions of slavery at the national and state level, ultimately giving them power and control over Congress, the Supreme Court, and the government. The United States’ victory in the Mexican War added half a million square miles to the United States, more than a third of its prewar territory. There was a question over whether or not the newly acquired property of…

Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny was a term that described the expansion of the United States. The name “manifest destiny” was brought up by an editor from the Democratic Review, John L. O’Sullivan. He wrote, “Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence…” Manifest destiny also had the chance to spread Anglo-American culture and the idea of racial superiority. The “inferior” peoples living the far west of the United States—Native Americans and Mexicans— had to be…

civil war was the failure of the compromise of 1850. The compromise of 1850 was unsustainable between the north and the south policy of slavery. Congress had intentions to make it sustainable, the Compromise of 1850 just delayed the alienation within the nation. When the Compromise was proposed it did not receive majority vote. It allowed slavery by popular sovereignty. It also made it easier for southerners to obtain fugitive slaves. With the Compromise of 1850 allowing the possibility of new…

Calhoun replied to. The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and banned slavery in the Louisiana Territory above 36°30’ north latitude (Berkin 245). In his compromise, Clay proposes that California should be admitted to the Union without “Congress placing any restriction on the exclusion or introduction of slavery within…

This was seen mainly in New Mexico and Utah in the Compromise of 1850. Stephen had a belief that popular sovereignty was going to give an easy solution to a heated issue. In result, it only encouraged the sectional tensions that were later lead to the Civil War. The passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act in northern…

The Constitution’s Involvement in the Failure of the Union By the 1850’s the Constitution, originally created as a document that would unify a new, developing nation, had become the source of sectional discord and tension among the United States and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created. When the framers of the Constitution neglected to mention slavery in any way, they left the idea of slavery up for interpretation, which further separated the North and South due…