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Yes, he did- it was not completely successful but it did stave off the Civil War for awhile.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoFillmore became the President on July 10, 1850 and as such was able to exert all the influence of the president for the passage of this bill.
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Millard Fillmore's political career began in New York state with the help from an Albany publisher named?
Thurlow Weed
What didn't help save the Compromise of 1850?
President Taylor's death
Who made the compromise os 1850?
Henry Clay. He had help from Stephen Douglas
Who created the compromise of 1850?
The Compromise of 1850 included five separate bills that passed Congress to defuse tension between the slaves states of the South and the free states of the North. Henry Clay devised the Compromise and passed it with the help of Stephen Douglas.
Could you tell me about Millard Fillmore?
Millard Fillmore was born in a log cabin in Locke, Cayuga county, new york on January 7 1800 he was the second child and first son in a family of nine children. the family was poor and Millard had to help on the farm as soon as he was old enough to do sothe family only owned two books, a bible and a hymn book .hope that's enough info
How did Stephen Douglas help win approval of the compromise of 1850?
Stephen Douglas, a Democrat from Illinois, helped push the bills for the Compromise of 1850 through congress
What did Millard Fillmore do to help the US?
Millard Fillmore did five things:1. Admit California as a free state.2. Settle the Texas boundary and compensate her.3. Grant territorial status to New Mexico.4. Place Federal officers at the disposal of slaveholders seeking fugitives.5. Abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia.-Anime NishikioriInfo founded on the website www.whitehouse.gov.com
What did Millard Fillmore accomplish before his presidency?
Though he was born into a very poor family, Millard Fillmore struggled for an education and even got a teaching job though he never attended college. He also taught himself enoungh about the law to join the bar at the age of 23. He served in Congress for four terms when the Whigs made him Zachary Taylor;s running mate. As President, Millard Fillmore delayed the Civil War by a decade by signing the Compromise of 1850. In 1856 he ran for the presidency as a member of the Know Nothing Party. He wanted to unite the country behind anti-Catholicism and nativism, but he carried only Maryland.
What was the law called that required northerners to help southerners catch their slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act. It was part of the Compromise of 1850.
What term of the Compromise of 1850 that was strongly supported by the South?
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves
What was Millard's Fillmore life like?
Millard Fillmore was born in a log cabin in Cayuga County New York in 1800. He was the second of nine children and he had very little formal education. His father was a farmer and carpenter so Millard was expected to help with the family business from a young age. At the age of 15 he became an apprentice to a cloth-maker and by 21 he had saved enough money to open his own cloth-making business. By the time he was 23 he was elected to the New York State Assembly and was chosen as Speaker of the Assembly. He was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served for five terms. In 1848 he became the 13th Vice President of the United States and in 1850 he became the 13th President of the United States.
What was one of the terms of the Compromise of 1850 that was strongly supported by the South?
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves.
