USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Was the Compromise of 1850 successful in avoiding Civil War between the north and the south?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The compromise also included a more stringent Fugitive Slave Law and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. The issue of slavery in the territories would be re-opened by the Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854), but the Compromise of 1850 played a major role in postponing the American Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state. In exchange, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle regional disagreements over the state of American slavery. The conflict involved the admission of new states and territories to the U.S.-and, more specifically, whether they would be admitted as “free” or “slave” states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Compromise of 1850 failed to settle the tensions that continued to divide the nation during the next decade and did not establish a principle that could be applied unequivocally to territories outside the Mexican Cession. Extremists in both sections were displeased with the Compromise.

Detailed explanation-5: -The immediate result of the Compromise of 1850 was to avert the threat of dissolution of the United States. The secession of the South and creation of the Confederacy was postponed for a decade. The concept of popular sovereignty was soon to result in a proxy civil war in the Kansas Territory.

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