It was an untidy bundle of laws, most of them favouring the North.
So Congress had to make a big dramatic gesture of appeasement to the South, in order to get it through. This was the Fugitive Slave Act, which was deliberately meant to sound extreme - every citizen to be treated like an unpaid slave-catcher, with heavy fines for just failing to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave.
The South liked the sound of it. The North was deeply offended by it, and Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a protest against it.
This runaway best-seller raised the temperature of the debate, and deepened the split between the two sections bringing war closer.
I haven't studied the Compromise of 1850, yet.
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.
yes or no
To prevent secession of the South.
Sectional crisis where? Be more specific.
It settled most differences over slavery.
The leader in Congress who helped to create the Missouri Compromise was Henry Clay. Furthermore, with the support of Daniel Webster, Clay set up the plan for the Compromise of 1850 and the resolution of the Nullification Crisis.
highlighted growing sectional differences
The Compromise of 1850. To get it through Congress, they had to appease the South by promising to hunt down fugitive slaves and return them to their owners. This aroused sympathy for runaways, and helped to fuel inter-sectional discord.
a set of rules
The Compromise of 1850 was passed on September 9th, 1850.
The Compromise of 1850 took place in 1850.
he made it The Compromise of 1850
There is not a Compromise of 1950 but there is a Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery.
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
the kansas nebraska act, of the compromise of 1850