In the years on up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups across the country. The horrible compromise that sacrificed the rights of African Americans in favor of a more stronger union in the states exploded once more in 1819 when Missouri requested to join the United States as a slave state. In 1819, the nation had eleven free and eleven slave states creating a balance in the U.S. senate. Missouri's entrance threatened to throw this parity in favor of slave’s strong feelings toward it. The debate in Congress over the admission of Missouri was unusally and extraordinary bitter after Congressman James Tallmadge from New York put forward an idea that slavery be banned in the new state. …show more content…
Senate. In 1811, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, then he eventually served as Speaker of the House. Clay changed the role of Speaker of the House and made it the powerful position it is today. He held that office longer than anyone in the history of the House of Representatives. In part due to Clay’s political pressure, the U.S. went to war with Britain in the War of 1812. He also encouraged the U.S. participation in the War of 1812. However, he later served as a member of the treaty delegation that negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, playing a very important role to help end the war and protect American interests. The United States came together as a nation of importance and influence in the world, as the result. Clay pushed for several Latin American republics, advocated for a national bank and perhaps most importantly, argued strongly and successfully for a negotiated a settlement between slave-owning states and the rest of the country over its western policy. Missouri Compromise was the result, which passed in 1820, found a balance that allowed for America’s continued western expansion while simultaneously holding off any bloodshed over the hot topic of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 done what it set out to do, it kept the nation united, but the solution was only for a little while. Over the following decade the country's citizens became further separated over the issue of …show more content…
Known as "The Great Compromiser" and "The Great Pacifier" for his skills to bring others to an accordance in opinion, he was the founder and leader of the Whig Party and a leading supporter of programs for adapting to modern things in the economy, especially tariffs to keep industry safe from international competition, a national bank, and internal enhancements to promote canals, ports and railroads. He was one of the most important and famous congressmen in American history and played a center role in shaping and making sure the passage of the most critical section compromises of the antebellum era. Clay was the ideal person that became a very important, popular man because of what he stood for and achieved during his
It can be argued that the Missouri Compromise not only put off the start of the Civil War, but was also a cause. Many contributing factors led up to the Civil War in the years following the passing after the Missouri Compromise. Years after the Missouri Compromise went into effect, Congress passed the Tariff Act of 1833, sometimes called the Compromise Tariff. This was proposed by Henry Clay, and called for the gradual reduction of tariffs, ending the Nullification Crisis. In 1846, United States’ President James Polk requested 2 million dollars to purchase land from Mexico following the Mexican-American War.
Around the presidential election of 1824, the presidential candidates -John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson- took part in the “Corrupt Bargain”, an alliance made between Adams and Clay in order to secure Adams’ presidency. During the Electoral College, Jackson received 99 votes in front of Adams who received 84 votes, while Jackson did receive more votes, he had not gotten a majority of votes, so the House of Representatives were to choose the next president. The spokesman of the House of Representatives, Henry Clay, was to choose between the two candidates. Instead of choosing for the sake of the country, Clay chose to help himself, as Adams had offered him a position as the secretary of state. After Adams’ presidency was secured,
He helped out a lot during the war. Mr. Calhoun also was a part of many things in S.C and U.S. He fought to help troops and help their troops from congress. But back to Mr. Calhoun being a politician, he began his political career in 1810 that was when he first was elected to congress. He stayed until 1825 before he became vice president of the United States.
Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle (Pg. 337) Why did the issue of the status of the Mexican Cession cause such ominous debate? The issue of the status of the Mexican Cession caused such ominous debate because it raised anew the issue of extending slavery into the west, views on this were separated by the north (anti-slavery) and south (pro-slavery). Sectional Balance and the Underground Railroad (Pg. 341) What was the political status of the south in 1850?
He had little political background, but was still a very promising candidate. He was a great commander, he backed his thoughts with force. Although Jackson and Clay had some similar beliefs, they had some very different ideas on how the country should be led. The Democratic party chose Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson feared that democracy could’ve suffered at the hands of development, the opposite was thought by Henry Clay.
By: Abdulaziz Alaskar John C. Calhoun Crisis #3 Dear Citizens of the U.S., I am 100% opposing to the tariffs. The purpose of the Tariffs was to provide protection to Industrialists and Manufacturers in the North, to do that they increased duties on imported foreign goods by the British. The union is helping one part and affecting the other. Us the southerners are being harmed firstly by paying higher prices on goods that we couldn’t produce, and secondly increasing taxes on British imports made it difficult for Britain to pay for the cotton they imported from the South.
Politics were was the most vital part of the Civil War, arguments over slavery, secession, and civil rights headed the political field. Henry Clay(1777-1852) was a powerful force in politics during and before the Civil War Era, Clay was a U.S. congressman, senator, presidential nominee, a foremost proponent of the “American System”. Clay’s experience in the politics gave him the name the “Great Compromiser” due to brokering important agreements during the Nullification Crisis and the issue of slavery. Clay was a dominant member of the Whig party and was a high ranking senator and representative in the House of Representatives, but Clay’s most important contribution to the Civil War were his deals to compromise over the status of slavery in
Tensions were become increasingly dangerous in regard to slavery. On January 29, 1850 Clay proposed a series of resolutions to reconcile the North and the South. This compromise would become widely regarded as the Compromise of 1850. Clay is given much credit for this compromise and the positive affects it had on calming the tension between North and South.
In 1865, the US said that they intended to break the reciprocity agreement. The colonies were thrown into a panic. The only solution seemed to have free trade among the colonies. If the colonies united, they could have free trade among each other and continue to build trade
Andrew Jackson the seventh president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty also having duels with other people. Andrew Jackson was a lawyer and a landowner. he became a national war hero after defeating the British in the battle of New Orleans during the war of 1812.
President, he also was the speaker of the House of Representatives. He was not considered one of the top candidates for President so he was not a candidate that the House would vote upon. Since the decision was now up to the House to decide who takes office, Clay had an important role to play. He had originally led some strong attacks against Jackson and would do everything in his power to assure that Jackson didn’t take the position as President.
Slavery was a big issue in the 1800s. It divided the country into an argument between having slavery or not having slavery. It also made a conflict between the north and south and they could not agree on it. Some wanted to keep it, some wanted to get rid of it. The states would argue and they could not come up with a compromise.
John Adams, an accomplished lawyer was a leader of the American Revolution, who was against the British colonial policies, more so the imposition of high taxes and tariffs to the people. He was very significant in the framing of the American constitution following his background in law. He served as one of the delegates in the Continental Congress that happened in the 1770s. He later participated in making of the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution war in 1783. He served as the first vice president of the United States of America and later became the second president after George Washington.
However, the Missouri Compromise caused some problems. The compromise equaled the concerns and interests in the North and South, but the South was upset about how Congress gave itself the power to create and pass laws dealing with slavery. Much of the North was upset because Congress let slavery spread into another state. There were people who didn’t want to compromise, and others who did, such as Henry Clay.
Hello everyone, I am Henry Clay, a member of the Whig Party. Over the years I have been a senator, Secretary of State, and the Speaker of the House, and I am currently a member of the prestigious Whig party. Also, I have solved several problems for this country and I have created an economic system which had greatly benefited America. I believe in a strong, and central government.