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This document is Henry Clay's handwritten draft of the five bills that made up the compromise. (page 1)
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=27&page=pdf#

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(page 2)

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This picture depicts Henry Clay proposing his resolutions to help end the slavery issue and sectional tension in the United States. Henry Clay was the "Great Compromiser" who, once again, came up with a temporary solution to the sectional issues.

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This map shows the free states/territories and the slave states/territories after California was admitted as a free state (one of the bills). It also shows the two territories which have popular sovereignty (another one of the bills). Texas was also reshaped as a result of this compromise due to it losing it's New Mexico boundary claims in return for $10 million to pay off the state's debt (another bill put into play).

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The most controversial bill passed during the compromise was the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law. The new act stated that runaway slaves must be returned to their owner in the South by law. People who disobeyed this law would suffer consequences. It was controversial since many northern states decided not to enforce it. This is one example of a flyer made about the amended Fugitive Slave Law. This amended law was supposed to balance out the endx of the slave trade in Washington D.C. (one of the bills), which moved the capital one step closer to ending slavery all together there.

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The Wilmot Proviso banned slavery in the new land acquired from Mexico. The map depicts the purpose of the Proviso and the section divisions that occurred as a result.

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This document is David Wilmot's proposed bill. It was proposed on August 8, 1846 and did not make it pass the senate. This document prohibited slavery in the new territory acquired from Mexico.

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John C. Calhoun Speech to Senate in Response to the Compromise of 1850

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John C. Calhoun Speech to Senate in Response to the Compromise of 1850

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John C. Calhoun defended the institution of slavery until his last dying breath. This document highlights the question of how the union can be preserved; Calhoun taking a defensive stance in the support of the South's way of life and grieving against the government which is said to have failed to protect the Southerners and to be under northern control.

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The Wilmot Proviso upset many of the Southerners, including Polk. The believed tat the Wilmot Proviso benefited only the North, therefore leading them to write letters to Massachusetts as seen below.

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The Wilmot Proviso went against the 36-30 line, which angered many Southerners. Led to many problems between South and North.

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In his reply to the letter from the citizens of Newburyport, Webster further explains the information stated in his speech He also cites the constitution and other notable sources as well.

Multiple pages, view them all at: https://archive.org/details/letterfromcitizen00webs/page/6

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Webster receives a letter of appreciation from the people of Newburyport, Massachusetts for his speech. Letter specifically notes how the speech instils patriotism in those of the north and the south and how it reminds them of their constitutional obligations.

**Keep in mind that this letter presents only one opinion of the speech

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Daniel Webster wanted to gain support for the compromise of 1850 and the fugitive slave act with his speech.
Main points of the speech:
- Keep the union
- Slavery won't go away in places where it already exists
- Lands of the SW aren't sufficient for cultivation: slavery won't extend that far
-Slave holders have a right to their property: need to obey the fugitive slave act
https://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/seventh-march.html

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Daniel Webster was an American lawyer, a Massachusetts senator, and a leader of the whig party.

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Below is images of the document that put the Missouri Compromise into written law. While admitting Missouri as a slave state, it also banned slavery north of Missouri's southern border, the 36°30' latitude line. This geographically divided the country into a slave-holding South and a free North.
A transcript of the compromise can be found here:
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=22&page=transcript

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This map shows how the Louisiana Territory was divided by the Missouri Compromise.

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Jefferson's Reaction to the Missouri Compromise

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Jefferson's Reaction to the Missouri Compromise

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Thomas Jefferson, at a very old age, witnessed the passing of the Missouri Compromise and the very first showings of extreme sectionalism that would lead to the Civil War. He could not find a practical solution to the slavery issue and worried that the work of his generation would have been wasted by their sons.

A more readable transcript of the letter detailing Jefferson's thoughts can be found here:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/159.html

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Below is an image of James Tallmadge Jr. He proposed the Tallmadge Amendment which stated
"And provided, that the further introduction of slavery or involuntary servitude be prohibited, except for the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been fully convicted; and that all children born within the said State, after the admission thereof into the Union, shall be free at the age of twenty-five years."
This turned what was expected to be an uneventful admission of Missouri into a fierce argument over slavery.

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As a result of a vision, Turner gathers group of slaves and uses visions and signs from god (solar eclipse was misunderstood as a sign) to guide him and plan the revolt.
Initial attack is postponed due to Turner getting sick but eventually as result of another eclipse group moves forward.
First attack is towards the Travis family (Turner’s masters).
Rebels march towards town, Jerusalem, gathering more supporters as they go.
Eventually get stopped by local militias however.

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Born into slavery with his mother being a slave from Africa.
Learned to read, wise, had visions and eventually became a preacher among slaves & some whites, preaching the bible & anti-slavery sentiments from the bible.
Escapes at 22 but returns because of a vision he had regarding his bigger purpose.
Eventually would be the curator and leader of the rebellion.

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Nat Turner's rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved African Americans against slave owners (Area 2) led by Nat Turner. Women and Children were not spared in this revolt (Area 1 displays this) and the rebels primarily used knives, axes, and swords; weapons that were easily accessible to them.

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The rebels killed and ransacked whites and their homes along the way with 55-65 whites killed. 57 African Americans would be executed and 200 killed by locals as vengeance. Turner escapes, lives in woods for two months, is eventually found, and then executed.

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The Mississippi Ordinance of Secession gives the reasons for Mississippi's secession. The reasons given highlight Mississippi's feelings towards the threatening of the institution of slavery, mentioning the importance of slavery to the way of life in Mississippi, and specifically concerning the need of slavery due to a dependence on a cotton economy.

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John C. Calhoun was a very important pro-slavery political speaker who played an important role in pre-civil war tensions such as the nullification crisis.

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The 31st Congress involved important political speakers such as Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun, who all made their opinions known, especially with the Compromise of 1850. In the 31st Congress, John C. Calhoun responded negatively to the compromise and Daniel Webster attempted to rally support for it.