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What did the South gain in the Compromise of 1850 in return for agreeing to let California join the Union as a free state?
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∙ 13y ago
The chance for a couple more slave-states, and a tighter enforcement of the Fugutive Slave Act, with official slave-catchers employed to hunt down runaways.
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How would you have solved the unresolved issues of the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed California to be admitted to the Union as two states - North California and South California, divided along the line of the Missouri Compromise.
How did the compromise of 1850 affect California?
It allowed California to join the USA as free soil. But to get this law passed, Congress had to make a big show of appeasing the South by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, which was enormously unpopular in the North, arousing new interest in Abolitionism.
Why wasn't the north and the south able to compromise over their differences in 1861?
They did - the Missouri Compromise. This lasted thirty years, and was only rendered impractical by the admission of California, a state that extended so far on either side of the Missouri line that both sides claimed it. If only California could have been admitted as two separate states - North and South - there needn't have been a Civil War. The Missouri Compromise was very sensible, and deserved to last.
What benefits did the north gain from the compromise of 1850?
South-Gained more population North-Got more money towards there goverment because the 3/5 compromise for every the 3 of the 5 slaves 3 of them had to be taxed so the tax went to the norths goverment
Did The Missouri Compromise cause the southern states to leave the union?
No. The Compromise allowed the Missouri territory to join the USA as a slave-state. The condition was that there should be no more new slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. This represented a clear 'line in the sand' that kept the peace for thirty years, until the admission of California made the Compromise inoperable.
What compromise said that California would be a free state?
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.
Why did the Missouri compromise line not solve the problem of California's statehood?
California was in both the north and south.
How would you have solved the unresolved issues of the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed California to be admitted to the Union as two states - North California and South California, divided along the line of the Missouri Compromise.
Why the Missouri Compromise line did not provide a solution to the problem of California's statehood?
Because California was in both the north and south.
Which compromises might have forestalled the division between the North and the South?
To allow California to join the Union as two states - North California and South California - divided by the line of the Missouri Compromise.
What is the agreement between the north and the south admitting California as a free state?
Compromise of 1850.
What was the compromise needed in 1850 to hold the union together in return for admitting California as a free state?
It was getting harder to create new slave-states, so the Compromise had to include a gesture of appeasement to the South. This was the Fugitive Slave Act, which infuriated the North, and generally raised the tensions.
What were the elements of crittendens compromise?
It would reinstate the Missouri Compromise line, extending it to the California border. Slavery would be prohibited to the north of the line and protected south of the line.
What agreement avoided war in the 1850 by repealing the Missouir compromise?
The Compromise of 1850 - allowing California to join the Union as free soil, and passing the Fugitive Slave Act to appease the South.
Can you tell me more if the civil war needful?
The war could have been avoided if California had been divided into two states - North California and South California - along the parallel of the Missouri Compromise. North California could have been free soil, and South California could have been a slave-state.
How do you write an essay about slavery but use Missouri compromise and compromise of 1850?
well you can say that the Missouri compromise allowed south to have slavery but north couldn't and then all went well until the compromise of 1850 when California got permitted as a free state south got mad and the civil war began. I'm writing a report on this too but includes more.
What was a plan in which California entered the US as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed?
The Compromise of 1850 was the plan in which California entered the US as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed. This compromise aimed to address the issue of slavery expansion between free and slave states. The Fugitive Slave Law required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in free states.
