Wilmot Proviso Tension

The Wilmot Proviso was an attempt to settle the dispute on newly gained Mexican Territories. Slavery became a subject of discussion in Congress despite the Gag Rule, a series of rules adopted by Congress in order to prevent antislavery petitions. Slavery became a huge focus politically. Not only did the Wilmot Proviso make slavery a politically huge discussion, but it also was a step towards the Compromise of 1850. Lastly, the Wilmot Proviso caused the tension between the North and the South to increase, because the South depended on slavery the Proviso would prohibit slavery to expand to the newly gained territories, resulting in much more power for the North.
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster were the Big 3 Statesmen. Slavery
This benefitted the southerners because many of them depended on slaves economically, so the Fugitive Slave Act was like insurance, that way they could get their slaves back if and when they ran away.
The most significant factor that led California to become a Free State was that many people started to move to California because of the gold rush. They did not want slaves to take their job, they didn’t want slaves to take their labor in the digging for gold.

Zackary Taylor was the president of 1848, he owned several slaves. The compromise of 1850 included the Fugitive Slave Act which would benefit the president and many southerners. Although he had many slaves, he was very patriotic as he had served in the army for many years, he wanted to keep the Union together, and one of the disputes was over California. Zackary wanted California to be admitted into the Union, which it did in the end due to the Compromise of 1850. Zackary Taylor wanted to settle the several disputes that had arisen during that time of his presidential election, the compromise of 1850 was essential to settling the