History Essay: The Compromise of 1850

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date of Submission History Essay The Compromise of 1850 was needed to achieve temporary political balance on the issue of slavery and address the issue of new lands acquired after the Mexican-American war. It also led to the decision of popular sovereignty on slavery that contributed to similar demands for Kansas territory leading to violence termed as Bleeding Kansans. The issue of admitting the newly acquired lands from the Mexican-American war as either free or slave states had become increasingly heated. The south was furious when President Zachary Taylor declared California wanted to be admitted into the Union as a free state. When Taylor died a few months later, a compromise was needed to calm the two factions (North and South). Kentucky Senator Henry Clay offered a series of resolutions that later came to be passed as the Compromise of 1850. Th...