Conference Action
A last attempt to avert war. Lincoln rejected it because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
It polarised opinion by declaring that there could be no slavery in any new state or territory. This removed any hope of compromise, and it was the sticking-point in Lincoln's last-minute attempt to avoid a conflict.
The Missouri Compromise was the first attempt to ease the looming crisis over slavery. It effectively prevented the spread of slavery into new states but did nothing to eliminate slavery in current slave states.
1."Three-Fifths Compromise". The sheer number of slaves in the South would increase the population of those states, which affected the proportional representation in the House of Representatives. The "three-fifths" compromise was an attempt to reduce the representation of the South. (Ironically, although it is seen today as a slap at African residents, the effect was actually reduced the political influence of the slave states.) 2. "Connecticut Compromise" or "Great Compromise". At the time, the states were still considered to be sovereign entities, and small states insisted on equal status with the others. Large states, naturally, thought that political power should be proportional to population. The compromise was to have one house of Congress (the House of Representaties) represented based on population, and the other (the Senate) to be represented equally. ...
The South wanted to count slaves a people but not give them any rights. The North was more for rights, but if no rights, then no count. The government (House of Representatives) is filled by counting people in the State. So the compromise agreed upon fractionally counted Slaves as people with rights. Didn't give slaves any rights, but didn't give the Southern states all the power they wanted.
Crittenden Compromise
Crittenden Compromise
They made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
It was one last attempt at a compromise before the inevitable Civil War. Senator John Crittenden was trying to extend the 36 30 line. the compromise was impossible, but it was one last attempt to save the Union.
The Missouri Compromise.
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Yes, it was a new attempt to accommodate the conflicting interests of North and South, following the failure of the Compromise of 1850.
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an attempt to prevent the secession of southern states and avoid the Civil War
the crittenden compromise---apex
crittenden compromise