The Compromise of 1850 was an effort to preserve the balance between slave states and free states and keep the union together in the United States.
The Compromise of 1850 was passed after an attempt to have all new territories be non-slave states. In 1846, Congressman David Wilmot of Pennsylvania introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill, stipulating that any territory gained from Mexico (after winning war vs. Mexico) would be free, not allowing slavery. [Don't think of Wilmot as an abolitionist, though. He wanted new territories to be free of blacks, preferring whites-only territories.] Wilmot's amendment passed in the House of Representatives, but was unable to get approval in the Senate. The Compromise of 1850, a package of five bills passed by Congress in September of that year, sought to accommodate some of the issues both South and North were debating during those years. The balance between slave states and free states continued to be an issue.
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The Zimmerman telegram was an intercepted message from Germany to Mexico. It was encrypted but the message was decoded by American officials revealing Germany's intent to ask Mexico for assistance in engaging war with the USA. Obviously, this was not something the USA would like at all as it basically meant Germany wanted to go to war with the USA. This was a factor into why America eventually joined World War 1 and it began the hate for Germany shown in this period.
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The coastal plain in the South contained large areas of fertile soil.
The Antebellum Period in American history is generally considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812, although some historians expand it to all the years from the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the beginning of the Civil War. It was characterized by the rise of abolition and the gradual polarization of the country between abolitionists and supporters of slavery. During this same time, the country’s economy began shifting in the north to manufacturing as the Industrial Revolution began, while in the south, a cotton boom made plantations the center of the economy. The annexation of new territory and western expansion saw the reinforcement of American individualism and of Manifest Destiny, the idea that Americans and the institutions of the U.S. are morally superior and Americans are morally obligated to spread these institutions.
