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^The image above^ represents the tensions at that point. Tensions were sky high.

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How did this contribute to the tensions around slavery?

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How did this contribute to the tensions around slavery?

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The new states added a whole lot of territory and it was yet to be determined whether the states would be free or slave states.  Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were both worried about the chance of a civil war and decided to creat the compromise to help de-escalate things a bit.

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The Compromise of 1850 took place in 1850. But in 1849 California asked permission to be entered as a free state in the union that meant slavery will be banned.

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Senators Henry Clay and Daniel Webster wrote the Compromise, Senator Stephen A. Douglas took up the cause when Henry Clay got too ill to continue, John C. Calhoun wanted slavery in the new states, and Zachary Taylor, the current president died, causing pro-compromise vice president Millard Fillmore to ascend to president, helping to pass the bill.

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What happened during the making of the Compromise?

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What happened during the making of the Compromise?

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This took place right after the Mexican American war, and there was growing tension over whether the new states would be free states or slave states. The Compromise was made to help dissolve disputes between the Northern states and the Southern states over whether the new states would be free or slave states. Henry Clay, the main creator of the Missouri Compromise, was fearful of the tensions between the Northern and Southern states and wanted to help avoid a civil war by dissolving the disputes over the new states with a compromise. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster, while opposed to the extension of slavery, also saw this as a way to stop the growing disputes. They worked together to make the compromise, but it wouldn't pass. Then, the current president, Zachary Taylor, died, and the pro compromise vice president Millard Fillmore ascended to president, allowing the bill to pass.

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The Compromise happen because the northern free states  and the southern states argued about the if the new land would or would not have slavery. But the South wanted slavery to be allowed but the north didn't. After the Mexican America war took over land that would become States like Utah, Texas, New mexico and more. And they were contemplating about if they should Have slavery in those states.

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After the Mexican-American war, America gained California,Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. After gaining all of this territory there was much dispute over whether they would be slave states or free states. Senator Henry Clay and Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster joined together to write and pass the Compromise.