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To get the South to agree to admit California to the Union as free soil, Congress had to make a gesture of appeasement. This was the Fugitive Slave Act, a deliberately macho threat to employ official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways, and prosecute members of the public who did not report suspected fugitives.
This provoked a huge reaction in the North, recruiting many more people to the cause of Abolitionism. Harriet Beecher Stowe was so angry that she wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' on the theme of runaways and slave-catchers. This greatly raised the temperature of the debate and brought the nation closer to war.
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Was the compromise of 1850 before or after the Civil War?
before
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to the start of the civil war?
What invention helped to contribute to the start of the civil war and how did it help contribute to
When did California become a state and which side did it choose during the civil war?
1850; Union
What issues or events lead to the start of the civil war?
Slavery caused the civil war
Was theMissouri Compromise long-term effect of the plan to delay the Civil War or hasten the Civil War?
The Misouri Compromise of 1820 delayed the Civil War for a generation. It was undone by the Compromise of 1850, and barely ten years after the end of the Missouri Compromise disunion and war came.
How did the compromise of 1850 start?
It started the Civil War!
What speaker from Massachusetts said there would be a civil war?
missouri comprimise
What is 3 accomplishments of Zachary Taylor?
Taylor achieved most of his fame for his success as a Mexican War general.
How did the compromise of 1850?
It started the Civil War!
What did the north and south feel about slavery in the west?
It isn't right to generalize, because the North's populace did not all hate slavery, and the South's did not all support it. In your generalized terms, both the North and the South wished for the new states out west to have slavery laws in accordance with their positions. This almost led to war, but several compromises were made: The Missouri Comprimise, the Comprimise of 1850, and other deals, such as the Three Fifths Comprimise. However, these only delayed war, and events such as Bleeding Kansas were instrumental in starting the Civil War
Was the compromise of 1850 before or after the Civil War?
before
Where and when did the fugitive slave law start?
Don't know where, sorry. In the North in the U.S. (see a Civil War map) and in 1850 (i think)
Was the sewing machine invented during the civil war?
no in 1850
When did the fugitive slave act take place?
It took place in 1850 which was one of the causes of the civil war.
Was the Civil War going on in 1850?
No the Civil war did not begin until 1861 or loosely 1859 if you count John Browns raid.
Who is Ann Weems in 1850?
she was a girl who wrote poetry during the civil war
Why was Zachary Taylor in the Civil War?
Zachary Taylor died on 9 July 1850 long before the US Civil War.
