Compromise

In John Adams’ Reflection on the Missouri Question, Adam identifies the true motivation behind the expansion of slavery. Adam mentions that it is agreeable that slavery is an evil practice. Along with that statement, Adam points out that the practice of slavery is contradicting to their independence from Great Britain for freedom. Adam identifies the true motivation of expanding slavery is due to people’s soul pride and continue in their condition of masterdom. It is not for labor that they want…

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 Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and many more agreements that attempted to create balance in the country only furthered tensions because they merely papered over the issue instead of addressing the root cause. As Western expansion grew our national borders through…

officially divided into slave states and non-slave states based on the people in the state. The Kansas Nebraska act was the beganing of the end of the slavery in the country Compromises in the Country. As American grew and expanded as a country problem arose over What states will be slave and what will not. First came the Missouri Compromise, which was a way by Congress to dufuse the problem…

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…

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,…

forefront of politics, the North didn’t want slavery to expand, and the South was in opposition. Eventually, Henry Clay came up with the Missouri Compromise, which for the time being resolved the tension. Rising tension became a trend throughout Manifest Destiny and the rest of the Antebellum period. In the period circa 1845-1861, the various issues and compromises made both sides angry at the other, therefore propelling the Civil War into existence. To the North, the allowance of slavery to…

Henry Clay had proposed a compromise to stop fighting over issues in congress. He had five parts to his plan. One, was that California would become a free state, the second was that the territory in New Mexico would have no slavery restrictions, thirdly, the border between New and Texas would be settled, the fourth part that the trade of slaves who be prohibited in the District of Columbia, and the last part was that the fugitive slave law would be enforced. This compromise of Clay’s caused a…

Kansas- Nebraska Act the Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery from the latitude 36 degrees 30’ N. Any state above this line was a free state, any state below this line was a state for slavery. In the North Congress made laws against slavery. In the South Congress made laws for slavery. Northern’s must return escaped slaves to owners. The Kansas- Nebraska Act was a compromise to reduce tensions and give a solution to slavery and expansion of railroads. The compromise bought time, but it…

the cotton industry growing. If the institution of slavery was jeopardized, the entirety of the Southern culture was too. The distinct cultural differences made it hard for the regions to empathize with one another, also decreasing the chances of compromise, especially in an era focused on…