Missouri Compromise

What were the differences between the New England vs. Chesapeake colonies? There are many differences between the New England and Chesapeake colonies. One of the most important differences was their economy. New England's economy was made up up mostly merchants and artisans in cities and small farmers, and because of the economy New England had a much more egalitarian society. Chesapeake Colonies’ economy was almost entirely made up of owners of huge plantations, and unfree workers made up most…

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,…

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 California would be a free or a slave state. Congress finally reached agreed to the Compromise of 1850, admitting California as a free state but also gave the South a much stronger Fugitive Slave Act. The Changes made to the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska…

development and the invention of new transportation such as the railroad system and canals. The South prospered agriculturally because of the newly discovered Black Belt and Eli Whitney’s invention, the cotton gin. Different events such as the Missouri…

Before the Civil War the United States (U.S.) experienced a time period that was highlighted by increased sectionalism called the antebellum period. The antebellum time period was from 1819 to 1860 and economic, political, and social issues started to divide the various regions of the U.S. This sectionalism, or loyalty towards a particular region, started to develop between the North and South over the practice of slavery. Also during this time period the U.S. was expanding westward and the…

commonly known as the three-fifths compromise, in the Constitution came about as a result of arguments about how the framers were going to decide how many seats each state got in the House of Representatives. It was decided that seats would be granted based on population size. As would obviously benefit them, the south wanted their slaves counted as people in the population count. Those who opposed slavery only wanted free persons to be counted. The compromise reached counted slaves as…

Compromise of 1850 This Compromise was based off of Clay’s eight resolutions to settle controversy of slavery on January 29, 1850. President Taylor’s efforts to bring CA and NM to the union as free states angered many because southerners, slaveholders, fought in the Mexican War and they believed that their desires should hold more weight over this matter. Without seeing much progress, the South threatened to leave the Union and the session between the nation greatened. People looked upon Clay…

led to 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…

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 and eventually…

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…