James Madison
John Calhoun
One prominent figure not involved in the debate over the Compromise of 1850 was President Millard Fillmore. He had only recently taken office following the death of Zachary Taylor and was primarily focused on maintaining peace between the North and South. Additionally, other notable politicians, like Stephen A. Douglas and Henry Clay, played significant roles in the negotiations, while Fillmore's involvement was more about supporting the final compromise rather than actively debating its components.
stephen douglas
Two significant events that fueled the debate over slavery between 1846 and 1850 were the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850. The Wilmot Proviso, introduced in 1846, aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, igniting fierce sectional conflict. In 1850, the Compromise sought to address the tensions by admitting California as a free state while allowing popular sovereignty in other territories, further intensifying the national debate on slavery.
somewhere over the rainbow
FALSE. The Compromise of 1850 was a significant and influential aspect of the broader debate over slavery in the United States. It aimed to address the contentious issues arising from the expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories after the Mexican-American War. The compromise included measures such as the admission of California as a free state and the implementation of a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, highlighting the deep divisions in the nation over the issue of slavery.
Slightly mangled question there. It was the Mexican War, which engendered the Compromise, because of the debate over which of the new territories acquired from Mexico would be slave-states and which would be free soil.
The Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) settled the debate over state representation in Congress.
The Compromise of 1850.
It permitted slavery in those two states, as the price of California being admitted as free soil.
Admitting California into the Union in 1850 gave raise over the debate over slavery. It was against Federal law of the confederacy to harbor slaves in free states.