The Civil War: The Compromise Of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 was the division of the land gained from the Mexican-American War. The compromise was made up of laws admitting California as a free state, and then creating Utah and New Mexico territories. This compromise impacted these different geographical sections because the new sections being created through the compromise were now going to be allowed to vote for slavery in each new states. The compromise also affected old geographical sections such as Washington, D.C. were they ended the slave trade. There was also the creation of the Fugitive Slave Law, which stated that all fugitive slaves were to return to their masters.

The Spanish monarchy relinquished colonial power over Mexico in 1821. After gaining independence, Mexico established legislatures, including the abolition of slavery (Document D). The abolition of slavery would lead to a mass controversy and essentially a war. Before the Mexican War, a mass influx of United States, immigrants had entered Texas (Document D). Defying Mexican legislature, citizens in the western and southern parts of the United States saw Texas as an economic miracle to sell slaves.

One of the consequences of Manifest Destiny was the Mexican-American War. Following the ideology of Manifest Destiny, Texas was annexed into the United States in 1845, creating tensions with the Mexican government. While the annexation of Texas had great benefits for America, from the Mexican point of view it caused many issues legally and threatened national security (Document C). In pursuit of the grand ambitions of Manifest Destiny, President Polk and many Americans forgot to consider the consequences of achieving their ultimate goal of controlling the whole of North America. While before the United States had supported the independent countries, such as Mexico, that had broken free of Spanish rule, during this time period America lost sight of their ideals and made

President James K. Polk went to war with Mexico for one simple reason, and that was the basis of his so-called, “Manifest Destiny”. Since the beginning of President Polk’s campaign for Presidency, his main objective was for the expansion of the nation. He sit his eyes on the prize, which were Neuvo Mexico and the California territories, which included parts of the present-day states of New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. (1) He also placed great emphasis in the re-annexation of Texas, which undoubtedly brought great discontent with Mexican and United states governments. President Polk initially attempted to buy Neuvo Mexico and the Californias but the Mexican government turned it down.

coast. This militarism is an extension of martial law, which sought to prevent the South from autonomously trading with Europeans and to economically starve them into submission. More so, the development of Lincoln’s militarism expanded into building of a massive Union army, which was to work in tandem with the navy to return the Southern states to the Union. These aspects of executive powers define the overt militarism of Lincoln’s reaction to secession, which defined the undercurrent of tolerance in the Constitution for slavery. In this manner, the militarization of the U.S. government relied heavily on Lincoln’s presidential powers to enforce and aggressively avoid Congressional approval of acts, such as the Emancipation Proclamation, and the other aspects of legal authority through the

Freed blacks could also be taken and sold into slavery. Northerners who were found to be helping any slaves were to face heavy fines and jail time. Northerners were outraged that the law was being forced upon them, which drove many people to become anti-slavery. It was also feared that because these rights could be taken from blacks, that it could soon happen to whites as well. The Pierce administration, as well as private American adventurers, pursued numerous overseas and expansionist ventures primarily designed to expand slavery.

Dred Scott was taken back into slavery and accused Sandford because Scott was in a free states and claimed that he was in the free state long enough to be a free slave. The Supreme court ruled against Dred Scott, this decision affected blacks preventing them to become citizens and an giving them the right to appeal to a jury and making it harder for a slave to escape because the free states didn’t make a runaway slave a free slave. The case also affected popular sovereignty. Where states got to choose if they were to be a free states or a slave

In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, making the decision of whether or not the Western states’ would have allow slavery based off of popular sovereignty. The act gave hope to southerners to expand slavery but angered the anti-slavery northerners. The act pitted anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces against each other for control of the new territories. To increase the numbers of anti-slavery, the northerners formed a company to help anti-slavery families move to the new territories. Pro-slavery forced did the same thing to counter what the north was trying to do.

Interest in Central America and Cuba, 1849–1861", n.d.). The Southern States also wished to expand their territory to the West and popularize slavery which was not in line with the North’s vision of a slavery-free America. The differences led to the civil war, especially when the Republican Party actively opposed the westward expansion of slavery. The United States public wanted more territorial expansion after the successes in territorial acquisitions in 1940s because they wanted a bigger republican government. The expansionist movement of the pro-slavery South sought to spread more to the south and some believed they would spread as far as the Caribbean and Brazil.

The emancipation proclamation was a preliminary issued by Abraham Lincoln on september 22nd 1862. Abraham Lincoln and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States, is a dramatic chapter of American history. The US Constitution, when it went into effect in 1789, had guaranteed the institution of slavery in America. In the early to mid-1800's, slavery became an increasingly divisive force in the country, with virtually the entire southern populace and many northern Democrats supporting it; and much of the North, particularly the Republican Party, opposing it. When Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the South decided to secede from the Union rather than risk the potential loss of slavery.

I agree with what you have stated in your post. The Compromise of 1850 was a very important event that helped lead up to the civil war.   The result of the compromise was 15 free states and 16 slave states. I also found that California was the first free state admitted as a free state and that the rest of the Mexican belongings were decided by popular sovereignty, which was a vote of the people of the territories.

“it was God’s plan that America extend its territory.” (Roden 317) God wants America to take Texas. The Mexicans are “limiting our greatness checking the fulfillment of our Manifest Destiny” (O’Sullivan 323) People are wrongly stopping God’s plan. Later America got Texas, California, and Oregon Territory.(Roden 317)

Who’s the bad guy in the Mexican- American war? In the United States everyone focuses on the war as something Mexico started; that’s why there’s two different names for the war, the Unites States; “The Mexican war” and Mexico’s; “Invasion de los Estados Unidos” which translates to “the invasion of the United States”, both countries blame each other for the war but whose fault is it? It all started in 1846 to later end two years later, this conflict had many reasons, the first reason is because President James K. Polk thought about this type of exploration of foreign soil to expand the U.S. which is called the Manifest Destiny; Polk tried to come to an agreement with the Mexicans politicians about the land he wanted for America, he tried

“In 1846 the United States went to war with Mexico” (Overview) know one really knows about this war because it was not as big as the Civil War was. In 1821 Mexico had just gotten their independence for Spain and when Mexico was free it made the county very large. “ It stretched from Guatemala to Oregon and was equal to the United States”(Background Essay). Mexico was very nice to the United States and let American farmers settle in the Mexican part of Texas. Was the United States justified in going to war with Mexico?

The United States was, at the time, led by the administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had the God given right to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean, this term was called “Manifest Destiny.” Many say that the United States basically invaded Mexico and illegally took their land. The two countries have two different views on the war that still believed in today. This war