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- List and explain the major components of the Compromise of 1850. Who was the main architect of the compromise? Why was it vital to the nation’s political stability that it be passed?
2.What changes were happening in the North in the mid-19thcentury that was to give it a large advantage over the South in the Civil War?
3.What were the two new political parties in 1854? What were their respective platforms and which party survived to the present day?
4.What was the reasoning behind President Lincoln finally issuing and signing the Emancipation Proclamation? What did it do and how was it received when it was announced?
5.How was U.S. Grant different from the previous generals Lincoln had in command of his armies? What was the overwhelming strategy Grant used in his battles? What are your views toward Grant and his strategies?
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Question One
➢ The significant components of the Compromise of 1850 are
1. California to be admitted as a free state
2. Mexico was divided into two, the New Mexico and Utah
3. Abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, however, the slavery was to
continue.
4. The fugitive slave act was to be strengthened
5. The dispute over the border of Texas and New Me...