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Was the north happy or unhappy with the compromise of 1850?

The Abolitionists were not happy with it. But most Northerners were not Abolitionists, and they felt they were largely winning on the deal. This was why Congress had to make a big gesture of appeasement to the South in introducing the Fugitive Slave Act - asserting the rights of slave-ownership. This Act impacted so much on the lives of ordinary citizens in the North that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as an angry response to it, and it recruited many more people to the cause of Abolitionism. The Act had backfired badly.


What was the two features of the compromise of 1850?

California to be admitted to the USA as free soil - in exchange for certain concessions to the South, most controversially the Fugitive Slave Act, where official slave-catchers were employed to hunt down runaways. This inflamed the growing Abolitionist lobby, and brought war closer.


Did the north like popular sovereignty?

No most northerners did not like popular sovereignty because it violated the Missouri compromise. The South was in favor of popular sovereignty because it allowed the people to decide if slavery would be allowed in a new territory.


The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning?

The Fugitive Slave Act, which compelled all citizens to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave, on pain of a heavy fine. This was meant to sound like a decisive gesture in support of property rights, but it infuriated the Abolitionists, and raised the temperature of the whole debate.


What country spends the most on military?

North Korea:)

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Was The Fugitive Slave Act a direct result of the Compromise of 1850?

It was one of the components of the Compromise of 1850. Most of the provisions favoured the Union, so Congress had to make a dramatic gesture of appeasement of the South. It was a clumsy move. The Act was so unpopular in the North that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written directly as a protest against it.


What part of the compromise of 1850 most unpopular in the north?

The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.


What part of the compromise of 1850 was most unpopular int the North?

The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.


In 1850 southerners were most upset by?

the compromise of 1850


what was the most controversial part of the compromise of 1850?

the most controversial part of the 1850 compromise was California becoming a free state.


Who did Millard Fillmore anger the north or the south?

Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850 and like any compromise, it did not satisfy anybody, but it was most hated by strong anti-slavery people in the North.


How did the Union benefit from the Compromise of 1850?

it stop slavery in most of the states


What was the most conroversal law to come from the Compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Act


What was the most outrageous component of the compromise of 1850?

The enactment of the new fugitive slave law


What effect did the compromise of 1850 have on sectional differences?

It settled most differences over slavery.


Abolitionist were most upset about provision in the compromise of 1850?

its mostly because of the fugitive slave act.


What part was the most controversial of the compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Law