history ch 10 section 1 Flashcards
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Three fifths compromise attempts to settle issues slavery and representation in the northwest ordinance. Congress bans slavery in territories north of the Ohio river
Angers south
Terms of the compromise of 1850:
California as a free state (N)
People of Utah & New Mexico should vote to be slave or free (s)
Texas border dispute will be resolved; Texas receives 10 million dollars (moderate)
Slave trade abolished in Columbia (N)
Fugitive slave act would require all citizens to return slaves back to owners (s)
Missouri compromise attempts to balance power in north and south by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri a slave state
South
Texas admitted as a slave state
Angers north and makes it unbalanced
Henry clay:
- Defended compromise
- proposed the compromise
- shaped compromise
John c Calhoun
Opposed compromise
Daniel Webster
Approves & supports compromise
Stephen Douglas
Saved compromise and restructured it to be passed
Millard Fillmore:
takes over Zachary Taylor presidency and supports compromise and passes it