SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Missouri Compromise
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Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
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Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Southwest Compromise and Maine Compromise
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1850, which admitted California to the Union as a free state, required California to send one pro-slavery senator to maintain the balance of power in the Senate.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state, but would be balanced by the admission of Maine, a free state, that had long wanted to be separated from Massachusetts. Second, slavery was to be excluded from all new states in the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern boundary of Missouri.