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Chapter 12 T3, **Esther:), Amy Lee, proposed amendment that provide for…
Chapter 12 T3
the Compromise of 1850
Daniel Webster favored the compromise
- Despite opposing slavery's expansion, he now supports Clay's compromise due to the danger of the Union
by popular sovereignty, free or slave of Mexico would be determined by people in that region.
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Clay's plan
- Clay, Calhoun, and Webster try to solve problems regarding lands taken from Mexico
one from slave states, and another from free states
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Free soil party
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slogan : free soil, free speech, free labor, free men
Election of 1848
two candidates:
- Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan (Democrat, Supporter of the South, strong expansionist)
- General Zachary Taylor (Whig, hero of the Battle of Buena Vista, Louisiana sugar planter, owner of 300 slaves, no experience in politics, neutral towards slavery)
- Martin Van Buren (Free soil party, anti-slavery)
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slavery issue never solved
-Uncle Tom's Cabin
written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
-the book spreads awareness
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one from slave states, and another from free states