Carolyn, Frances, & Virginia

Background

• Differences between North and South
• -North: industrialization, anti-slavery
• -South: Rural society, pro-slavery

Background

• Wilmot Proviso: tensions increased 
• California applies for statehood: free state
• 31st Congress opens debate December 1849

Compromising

• Written by Henry Clay  
• Clay gains support of Daniel Webster
• Goal is to settle controversy

Compromising

• Calhoun vs. Webster
• Clay discouraged, Douglas's solution
• Death of Calhoun and Taylor

aftermath

• California becomes a free state
• Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.
• Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico

Aftermath

• No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico
• Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.
• Fugitive Slave Law and Texas gets $10 million

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