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Compromise of 1850 - Coggle Diagram
Compromise of 1850
Other political Issues
Slavery in Washington D.C.
Wilmot Proviso
Fugitive Slave Law(s)
Abolition (Gradual or in full)
Tariffs
Future Railroad (Routes)
Arguments in the Senate
North wants abolition in D.C.
South wants North to enforce Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
South threatened secession more frequently
Henry Clay, "The Great Compromiser"
Problems After Mexican War
Main Problem: What to do with the new land in regard to free or slave states.
Mexican Cession not yet organized
California joins as a free state
Texas-New Mexico border dispute
Options:
Missouri compromise
Slave States and Free States
Popular sovereignty
Let the people vote whether they should be slave states or free states
Free soil
No slavery at all
Clays Compromise
Compromise of 1850
The South Got
New and more effective Fugitive Slave Law
Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah Territories
Pay $10 Million to Texas to give disputed land to New Mexico territory.
The North got
Slave trade banned in D.C.
No abolition unless residents and MD consent
Slave owners would be paid for loss
CA admitted as a free state
Getting the Compromise Passed.
Sen. Webster (W-MA) speaks to Northerners about passing stricter fugitive
slave laws
Southerners about danger of secession
Senate rejects compromise
Sen. Douglas (D-IL)
Proposed introducing each resolution one at a time
President Taylor Dies!!!
PRESIDENT MILLARD FILMORE GETS IT PASSED!!!👍🎉🎊
September 1850, Compromise passed
Crisis averted for the time being
Argument over Domestic Slave Trade
There will be a very large complicated slave trade
US slave trade sends slaves down south