Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Presidential Election 1860

Compromise of 1850

There were several important issues in the compromise of 1850. These issues were:

- A vast territory has been gained by the United States. They are wondering if they should allow slavery in the land or set it free or that the citizens should choose.

- Should california be a free state.

- There was some kind of disbute over land where Texas declared that its lands streched till Santa Fe.

- Washington D.C allowed slavery. It was the largest slave market in North America.

There was a compromise where Texas was said to forget about the lands and in return be given 10 million dollars. California would be a free state. Slavery was another big problem because many blacks fled from the country to live in present day Canada.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Kansas-Nebraska act was when Kansas and Nebraska people had the right to allow slaves if they wanted. There were two groups: The pro-slavery which strongly recomended the slavery and the anti-slavery, which was against. Violence rose among these two groups of people in which the death toll increased. The elections that were held were won by the pro-slavery. After each election, the pro-slavery was attacked by the anti-slavery group in which violence arose. Before the civil war, Kansas became a free state.

Presidential Election 1860

The issues of the presidential elctions in 1860 was mostly slavery. In the elections, Lincoln needed to face Douglass, which was another man running for president. In 1859, Lincoln gave a speech in New York in which he denounced slavery. The speech was a big success. Lincoln wanted to ge the support of the Illinois delegation to the Republican National Convention. Eventually he got its support. Throughout the presidential election, Lincoln continued to get the support of more and more people. In the day of the elction, Lincoln got less than 40 percent of the votes but still won the elections.