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Henry Clay was the man who drafted a series of proposals that became known as the Compromise of 1850. The proposals reconciled competing northern and southern concerns over the expansion of slavery into Missouri and the western territories conquered from Mexico.

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In 1850 southerners were most upset by?

the compromise of 1850


what was the most controversial part of the compromise of 1850?

the most controversial part of the 1850 compromise was California becoming a free state.


How did the Union benefit from the Compromise of 1850?

it stop slavery in most of the states


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What effect did the compromise of 1850 have on sectional differences?

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What two parts of the Compromise of 1850 appealed most to Northerners?

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Who did Millard Fillmore anger the north or the south?

Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850 and like any compromise, it did not satisfy anybody, but it was most hated by strong anti-slavery people in the North.


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What important events happened when Millard Fillmore was president?

The Compromise of 1850 which was drafted by Whig Henry Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas was used to defuse tentions between the southern slave states and the northern free states in regards to territory acquired by the U.S. during the Mexican-American War between 1846-1848.