pre civil war storyboard assignment.
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- What regions were affected by the Compromise of 1850?
- What compromises were agreed upon?
- So happy to be a free state!
- What controversy surrounded the Compromise of 1850?
- The regions affected by the compromise of 1850 were the North and South, more specifically California, Utah, Mew Mexico, and Texas.
- Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
- I truly believe this plan will be effective
- The compromises agreed upon were the Fugitive Slave act which was amended and slave trade abolished in Washington D.C., as well as California entering as a free state and territorial government in Utah.
- Why was the Compromise of 1850 significant?
- The controversy surrounding this compromise was the Fugitive Slave Act because it required citizens to assist in recovering fugitive slaves which also denied fugitives right to trial.
- How was the Compromise of 1850 passed?
- We do not agree and will not pass this for you Clay!
- Senator Henry Clay proposed the Compromise of 1850 which he hoped to seek a compromise and aid a crisis between North and South.
- The Compromise of 1850 was significant because it acted as a temporary truce on slavery and addressed territory status after the Mexican- American war.
- When Clay proposed the Compromise the first time the Senate rejected it which discouraged Clay and he left. Stephen A. Douglas however picked up where Clay left and began to propose the compromise one resolution at a time hoping to get majority vote. After eight months of Douglas’s effort the compromise was voted into law in 1850.
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