The Compromise Of 1850 A Series Of Events - 1057 Words

Keith Harvey Dr. Buitron HIST 1301-040 12 September 2014 The Compromise of 1850 How it started, and what was the result The compromise of 1850 was a series of events (bills) that were passed in order to address the issues related to slavery. The information provided by the US history website along with other credible sources, provided me with visual images, videos, and primarily text which allowed me to grasp, and better understand the concept of the Compromise. The websites that I used, gave me an adequate amount of information so that I can better, put together this paper. Alongside of that, now I have gained interest in this topic as it served a major piece of history prior to the civil war: the war that killed off 620,000 of our†¦show more content†¦Finally, goes a man by the name of Daniel Webster. Mr Webster was from New England and gave â€Å"7th of March Speech† and called for the north to support the Fugitive Slave Law and to compromise. So how did the Compromise of 1850 begin? A question that I asked myself when I was conducting research. It all started with the Mexican-America War which lasted from 1846-1848. In the beginning the United States Army only had around 8,000 soldiers, however shortly after citizens grasped wind of the war, an additional 60,000 U.S volunteers decided they wanted a piece of action as well. This war alone had a substantial amount of deaths from both sides. While the U.S had an approximate 13,000 troop loss, the Mexicans had almost double that number, approximately 25,000 of their men were casualties, in addition the U.S won every battle that occurred, resulting in a final victory. After so many were pronounced dead, both the U.S and Mexico decided they would end the war with â€Å"The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo†. The result of the treaty was that the U.S gained all of the land in the Mexican Cession (California, Utah Territory, and Texas). The result of all the gained land, was tha t amount of 10 million dollars to the Mexico government as a consideration of their debt payoff for taking so much land away. After the war, there was another rising issue. The man by the name of David Wilmot