The Great Compromise by Abel Rivera https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4 Expect some answers folks en-us 2018-04-24 19:41:53 UTC 2025-12-30 20:53:55 UTC hello@padlet.com The North and South start wondering if California should be a slave state or a free state. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255013339

]]> 2018-04-24 19:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255013339 This was important because land was given away, like California was given to the North, and the South were contented that Utah and New Mexico didn't have slavery restrictions. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255016018 2018-04-24 19:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255016018 Henry Clay, a senator at Kentucky, came up with a compromise, they passed 5 laws in September and admitted California as a free state, some of the laws angered the sides. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255813145 2018-04-26 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255813145 A Fugitive Law was passed and it meant that if the North found runaway slaves, they had to return them, the North was not happy with this new law and thought it was unfair. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255813515 2018-04-26 19:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255813515 Thanks to this compromise, they have "avoided" a civil war. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255813623 2018-04-26 19:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255813623 Back then, this was in the paper because they thought they have avoided a civil war, these people who believed this didn't expect the civil war we know about now aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255814128 2018-04-26 19:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255814128 It was important because new laws were passed which have angered the sides and they thought the laws were unfair, what if the laws weren't passed, what if it was different. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255814317 2018-04-26 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255814317 The North were okay with some laws and not okay with others. They were pleased that the laws made it that California was a free state. They were very angry about how they had to return runaway slaves. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255820075 2018-04-26 19:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255820075 The South were not okay with losing California but contented that Utah and New Mexico had no slavery restrictions. They were happy that the North had to return runaway slaves and Texas donated some of its land to New Mexico. aberiv021 https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255820532 2018-04-26 19:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aberiv021/a136r19o1xx4/wish/255820532