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A Bandaid When They Needed Surgery
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WHAT: Five bills that were meant to diffuse arguments between Northern free states and Southern slave states that arose as a result of expansionism and the annexation of Texas.
The five compromises were:
1. California admitted as free state
2. New Mexico and Utah allowed "popular sovereignty on issue of slavery
3. Texas gave up land to pay debt to Mexico
4. No more slave trade in District of Columbia
5. Fugitive Slave Act strengthened
WHEN: 1850 (after the death of Taylor; during Fillmore presidency)
WHERE: Decision made in the United States Congress. However, it affected the proposed state of Missouri and the Louisiana territory
WHO: The main key figures of this concept was Henry Clay, Daniel Webster(North, R), John C. Calhoun (South, D) , and Stephen Douglas (established popular sovereignty)
WHY: It's place in history is that it was another attempt at shutting the issue of slavery up and pleasing both the North and South
SIGNIFICANCE: The main idea of the Compromise of 1850 was that it held the country together for longer until the country was ready for war but it still proved that the issue of slavery could not be settled. Made the North and South mad at each other as they both would disregard parts of the Compromise. (north-FSL, South-Slavery expanding)
The five compromises were:
1. California admitted as free state
2. New Mexico and Utah allowed "popular sovereignty on issue of slavery
3. Texas gave up land to pay debt to Mexico
4. No more slave trade in District of Columbia
5. Fugitive Slave Act strengthened
WHEN: 1850 (after the death of Taylor; during Fillmore presidency)
WHERE: Decision made in the United States Congress. However, it affected the proposed state of Missouri and the Louisiana territory
WHO: The main key figures of this concept was Henry Clay, Daniel Webster(North, R), John C. Calhoun (South, D) , and Stephen Douglas (established popular sovereignty)
WHY: It's place in history is that it was another attempt at shutting the issue of slavery up and pleasing both the North and South
SIGNIFICANCE: The main idea of the Compromise of 1850 was that it held the country together for longer until the country was ready for war but it still proved that the issue of slavery could not be settled. Made the North and South mad at each other as they both would disregard parts of the Compromise. (north-FSL, South-Slavery expanding)
K A N S A S - N E B R A S K A A C T &
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The Start of Popular Sovereignty
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WHAT: A piece of legislation created that allowed the settlers of Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide if they wanted to enter as slave or free states (popular sovereignty)
WHEN: 1854
WHERE: Kansas and Nebraska; federal govt.
WHO: The main key figure of this concept was Stephen Douglas, who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was also the man who supported popular sovereignty, as well as a democratic Southerner.
WHY: It's place in history is that it as Nebraska now had popular sovereignty they had decided to be a free state, going against the Missouri Compromise. The South, who wanted to have congressional power would attempt to sway what Kansas would be entered into the Union as. It also empowered anti-slavery reform as well, eventually created the Republican party (which Abraham Lincoln was a part of)
SIGNIFICANCE: The main idea of the Kansas-Nebraska Act/Election in Kansas was that it spread democratic ideals such as popular sovereignty. Combined with the Dred Scott decision, slavery would be allowed to expand, making the north mad.
WHEN: 1854
WHERE: Kansas and Nebraska; federal govt.
WHO: The main key figure of this concept was Stephen Douglas, who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was also the man who supported popular sovereignty, as well as a democratic Southerner.
WHY: It's place in history is that it as Nebraska now had popular sovereignty they had decided to be a free state, going against the Missouri Compromise. The South, who wanted to have congressional power would attempt to sway what Kansas would be entered into the Union as. It also empowered anti-slavery reform as well, eventually created the Republican party (which Abraham Lincoln was a part of)
SIGNIFICANCE: The main idea of the Kansas-Nebraska Act/Election in Kansas was that it spread democratic ideals such as popular sovereignty. Combined with the Dred Scott decision, slavery would be allowed to expand, making the north mad.