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Prelude to Compromise
1. HENRY CLAY of Kentucky, JOHN C. CALHOUN of South Carolina, and DANIEL WEBSTER of Massachusetts dominated national politics from the end of the War of 1812 until their deaths in the early 1850s. There was one issue that loomed over the nation throughout their time in power — slavery and its expansion in the western territories.

2. Although the MISSOURI COMPROMISE had temporarily solved the issues over the expansion of slavery in the 1820s, the nation’s rapid expansion after the fact reopened old wounds. Sensing the inevitable acquisition of territory from the Mexican-American War, Congressman David Wilmot proposed an amendment to the peace treaty between the United States and Mexico. The WILMOT PROVISO, as the amendment became known, would have banned slavery in all the territories acquired from the Mexican-American War. Although the Southern-dominated Senate blocked the Wilmot Proviso, it’s admission to Congress reignited debates over the expansion of slavery.

3. There were other issues. The Gold Rush led to the rapid settlement of California which resulted in its imminent admission as the 31st state. Southerners recognized that there were few slaves in California because Mexico had prohibited slavery. Immediate admission would surely mean California would be the 16th free state, giving the non-slave-holding states an edge in the Senate. Already holding the House of Representatives, the free states could then dominate legislation. Texas was claiming land that was part of New Mexico. As a slave state, any expansion of the boundaries of Texas would be opening new land to slavery. northerners were opposed. The north was also appalled at the ongoing practice of slavery in the nation's capital — a practice the south was not willing to let go. The lines were drawn as the three Senatorial giants took the stage for the last critical time.



Why did adding a new state to the union cause problems between the North & South?

(My Answer): This caused problems between the North & South because in the South they wanted to make savery an ongoing thing the North apposed to their opinion wanting to abolish it.The cause of Texas a state in the south claiming a part of New Mexico with it,it would have made it harder for the North to end slavery.

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