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The Compromise of 1850 was a cause of the Civil War because it prevented further expansion of slavery in America, and in doing so, created more tension between the North and the South. Also, it led to the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act made Northerners seize and return escaped slaves to the South.

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The original proposal of the Compromise of 1850 introduced by Henry Clay on January 29, 1850.

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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875

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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875

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Cannibals All!, The Sword and the Distaff. The Planter's Northern Bride. Author of '"The Sword and the Distaff," William Gilmore Simms, is remembered for his strong support of slavery and for his opposition to Uncle Tom's Cabin, in response to which he wrote reviews and a pro-slavery novel. George Fitzhugh, author of "Cannibals All!," was an American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. He argued that "the negro is but a grown up child" who needs the economic and social protections of slavery.

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The Missouri Compromise contributed to the division and tension between the North and South regarding slavery. The Compromise was a large part of the groundwork for the war.  Depending on which political side you are looking at and where you lived, the Missouri Compromise either postponed or directly led to the Civil War.

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The Missouri Compromise was passed into law in 1820 and regulated slavery in the western states. Though it was passed forty-one years before the Civil War, it still played a large role in laying the groundwork for the war that was to come. It contributed to the division and disagreement between north and south regarding the issue of slavery and made the issue more contentious between the two sides of the country.

The Missouri Compromise was written by Henry Clay, and both pro and anti-slavery proponents in Congress agreed to it. The Compromise forbade slavery in Louisiana and any territory that was once part of it in the Louisiana Purchase. Slavery was also forbidden anywhere north of the 36/30 parallel, except within the territory of Missouri (which was being proposed as a state), where it was to be allowed.

This compromise remained the law of the land until it was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and shortly thereafter was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Dredd Scott case. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed slavery in Kansas Territory and Nebraska Territory, which were higher than the 36/30 parallel. It also allowed future states that were admitted to the union to allow the population of that territory to decide themselves through voting whether they would allow slavery or not. The Kansas-Nebraska Act did away with the prohibition on slavery in the areas established by the Missouri Compromise.

By repealing the Missouri Compromise, people in the anti-slavery north viewed Congress as allowing the south to exert more control in Congress, and they resented it. It also made the south seem more aggressive in their pro-slavery sentiments. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise lead to the formation of the anti-slavery Republican party.

During the thirty-four years the Missouri Compromise was active, most Americans were happy with it. They viewed it as an important compromise between north and south and as sacred as the Constitution itself. Many people view the compromise as postponing the inevitable Civil War, which would probably have occurred sooner than it did without the relative peace the Compromise brought. Others felt that it made the north seem more aggressive in its anti-slavery views and contributed to southern resentment, which may have led to the Civil War occurring sooner.

The Missouri Compromise was meant to create balance between slave and non-slave states. With it, the country was equally divided between slave and free states. Admitting Missouri as a slave state gave the south one more state than the north. Adding Maine as a free state balanced things out again. Thomas Jefferson predicted dividing the country this way would eventually lead the country into Civil War. Others felt it was the perfect solution to the slave and anti-slave problem the country was facing at the time.

Whether the Missouri Compromise directly lead to the Civil War or postponed it depended on which side of the country you lived in at the time, and how you looked at it politically. Either way, it was an important early milestone in the road to the war that lead to freedom for millions of people and a new way of life in the United States.

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The Missouri Compromise: What Was it and How Did it Contribute to the Civil War?

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The Missouri Compromise was passed into law in 1820 and regulated slavery in the western states. Though it was passed forty-one years before the Civil War, it still played a large role in laying the groundwork for the war that was to come.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin and Impending Crisis of the South. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin specifically in order to illustrate the evil and inhumanity of slavery to her mid-19th century American readers. The novel illustrates not only the suffering and misery of the slaves themselves, but also the way that slavery as an institution harms everyone involved in it

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President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise on March 6, 1820.
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-Held November 6, 1860
-Abraham Lincoln (republican) wins the presidency.
-The separation between the North and South was severe mainly because of slavery.
-The election marked the end of Souths political dominance from 1789-1860 Southerners had been president for 2/3 of the era.

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-Attempt to start a revolt against slavery
-Captured citizens and seized federal armory
-He hoped local slaves would join the revolt
- US Marines arrived and stormed the engine house, killing many and capturing Brown
- Brown was charged with treason against Virginia, murder, and slave insurrection. Brown was sentenced to death and hanged on December 2, 1859

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The Dred Scott Decision Explained: US History Review

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-Passed by congress on May 30, 1854.
-Allowed the people who lived in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if slavery would be allowed or not.
-Was used to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 (Infuriated the North).
-Caused anti-slavery forces leaded by John Brown (A lot of violence "Bleeding Kansas" territory).

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-Dred Scott was a slave who sued his master's widow in order to gain freedom.
-The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because according to the Constitution, African Americans were not considered citizens.
-The Southerners supported the decision and the Northerners disliked it.