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The Compromise of 1850
Title: The Compromise of 1850
Category: History
Details: Words: 412 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Compromise of 1850
“Drifting Toward Disunion”
The Compromise of 1850
The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo aggravated the hostility between the North and South. The controversial issue of slavery in the new territories arose again along with many other political differences that needed to be resolved. In the midst of fear that the southern states might withdraw from the Union altogether, Senator Henry Clay of …showed first 75 words of 412 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 412 total…many speeches and unwavering opposition towards the Compromise of 1850, the U.S. Congress passed the laws during August and September 1850. Many people, in the north and south, hailed the compromise as a final solution to the question of slavery in territories. However, the never dying issue reemerged in 1854 with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Finally, the gradual intensification of the hostility between free and slave states because of the compromise measures resulted in the brutal Civil War.
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