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This 9 page paper explores two different aspects of the Civil War: the compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott decision. Both fueled the indignation that eventually led to war. The third subject is to determine who was the better president, Lincoln or Washington. The paper argues in favor of Lincoln. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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considers two things that led to war: the Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott decision; it also discusses whether Lincoln or Washington was the better president. Discussion THE COMPROMISE
OF 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to avoid war and bring a new understanding between slave and non-slave states. By 1850, "the issue of slavery was rising
to a boiling point in America, and the fragile harmony between slave states and free states was unraveling" (The compromise of 1850: Back from the brink of civil war, 2009;
hereafter, "Compromise of 1850, 2009"). After the Mexican-American War, the United States acquired vast new territories from Mexico, including California, and California was eager to join the Union as the
newest state (Compromise of 1850, 2009). This would mean that for the first time in the history of the nation, there would be more free states than slave states in
the union (California was coming in as a free state) and that would upset the "balance of power in Congress" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The Southern states and their slave-owning
citizens wanted the be able to extend slavery to the new territories and they were adamant about it: in 1846 the "Wilmot Proviso" was introduced and defeated; it would have
"prohibited slavery in the newly-acquired territories" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The simple act of introducing the measure enraged the South, at the same time that its defeat "made abolitionists and
others in the North all the more determined to prevent the extension of slavery into the West" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The crisis led to extensive debate in Congress, particularly
in the Senate, where "some of the most famous speeches in American history" were given (Compromise of 1850, 2009). Henry Clay, Senator from Kentucky, presented a compromise "addressing the concerns
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