The questions were whether to allow slavery (this decision was postponed for 20 years) and whether to count slaves as residents when determining Congressional apportionment and taxation (there was the 3/5 Compromise, which may seem ludicrous today, because the slaves could not vote).
C. They chose to compromise on the issue of slavery. The framers of the Constitution recognized the contentious nature of slavery and sought to balance the interests of slaveholding and non-slaveholding states. This led to compromises such as the Three-Fifths Compromise and the decision to allow the slave trade to continue for another 20 years before Congress could legislate against it. Ultimately, their approach reflected a desire to maintain unity among the states while postponing a definitive resolution on slavery.
Salves could not vote for many years after slavery was abolished.
They were not "intoxicated" by liberty and slavery was a part of life. It was an acceptable part of society and had been for thousands of years. Even, today slavery still exists.
Fitz Hugh Ludlow
Missouri compromise...
Political parties avoided the issue of slavery for many years after the Missouri compromise.
slavery became an issue many years before the civil war.
No she would have to be over a hundred and thirty years old if she was.
The issue, matter of, is that slavery remain unsettled for many years to come.
Exodus ch.12.
The most important political issue in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s is the issue of slavery. During these years leading up to the Civil War abolitionists begin petitioning the government on slavery issues.
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The Missouri Compromise, which drew a clear 'line in the sand' along a particular parallel, North of which slavery would be illegal. This kept the peace for thirty years, until the admission of the new state of California, which was too big to fit the terms of that compromise, so a new one had to be worked out. This one did not last.
No - in the North. It banned slavery anywhere North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. This was a successful compromise which kept the peace for thirty years.
Slavery has been around for hundreds of years and still exists in some parts of the world today. It became a divisive issue in the 1800's because of the abolitionist movement in the North.
The most important political issue in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s is the issue of slavery. During these years leading up to the Civil War abolitionists begin petitioning the government on slavery issues.