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    of the plans of escape were successful but some had failed. The North and South both had totally different perspectives on slavery. Due to a great division between the North and South‚ Congress passed The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850‚ that was part of The Compromise of 1850‚ which forced citizens to assist in capturing fugitives and denied those the right to a fair jury trial. The Fugitive Slave Act caused a great division between the North and South. The act clearly showed that it favored the

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    Furtive Slave Act of 1850. Stating runaway slave were to be returned to their masters‚ even if captured in free states. With this the northern states felt the federal government was robbing them to regulate slavery in their own district. Consequently‚ with tensions building on both sides John C.

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    What was the compromise of 1850? The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance. What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? The passage of this Act along with slaveholding rights in Texas allowed California to enter the union as a free state and prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia. a.What was the

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    There were many rational and somewhat compromising decisions and actions made by those who opposed slavery during the events of the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850. These compromises were meant to stop or slow the spread of slavery to the northern states of the United States. The Missouri compromise included Missouri wanting to enter the union as a slave state. At that time there were eleven slave states and eleven free states. Missouri would have made the states uneven. A political

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    Wilmot Proviso/Compromise of 1850 The Wilmot Proviso came about when President Polk asked Congress for $2 million dollars‚ during the Mexican War‚ in an attempt to buy peace with Mexico. This Proviso named after its sponsor David Wilmot‚ an antislavery Democrat from Pennsylvania‚ was an attempt by opponents of slavery to prevent slaves to be introduction into the newly purchased territories from Mexico after the war. The proviso passed the House but not the Senate due to the Southern take on

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    The Compromise of 1850 was an effort to pacify the rising tensions between the north and the south. The issue of slavery was becoming a problem that none could overlook. This bitter rivalry was heating up even more so after the Mexican-American war. America won substantial amount of land‚ which stretched all the way to Mexico City. This land would give the south a grand portion of political power‚ surpassing the North. Henry Clay‚ supported by President Fillmore‚ created a compromise with the purpose

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    Comp. of 1850: The significance of this compromise was that it‚ like a number of other actions‚ was an attempt to refuse the tensions that were leading to the Civil War. It is also significant to write that the Compromise failed to do this to any great extent. The Compromise of 1850 was meant to be like the Missouri Compromise. It was meant to calm sectional tensions. However‚ it was not able to do this. It failed to calm the tensions largely because of the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act

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    The Compromise of 1850 Chris Owens 13404 The Compromise of 1850 is one of the most important compromises in this history of the United States‚ maybe even the world. The Compromise of 1850 is made up of five bills passed in the United States of America in September 1850‚ and it terminated a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the south and the free states of the north concerning the position of territories gained during the time of the Mexican-American war

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    The Compromise of 1850 & Fredrick Douglas The Compromise of 1850 was primarily about the future of slavery in the new territories and the Union. Out of the Compromise of 1850 came “The Fugitive Slave Law”‚ which gave owners of escaped slaves the power and the resources to procure their escaped slaves. It constituted one of its provisions was controversial federal laws that intended to pacify the slaveholding south and enraged the Northern abolitionist and ultimately provoked the Civil War. The

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    Chapter 11 • Enlightenment – age of reason‚ logic‚ and science • Emotion and feeling towards ppl less fortunate • Americans wanted an American culture – American sculptures‚ American art‚ American writers‚ American literature‚ etc. • Americans think that they are inferior over Europe • In America you can succeed • During this time we started moving away from the E. Period and started believing in the idea of going with your gut feeling and start making an American culture • Some things

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