On January 29, 1850, the 70-year-old Clay presented a compromise. For eight months members of Congress, led by Clay, Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts, and John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina, debated the compromise. With the help of Stephen Douglas, a young Democrat from Illinois, a series of bills that would make up the compromise were ushered through Congress.
<span>According to the compromise, Texas would relinquish the land in dispute but, in compensation, be given 10 million dollars -- money it would use to pay off its debt to Mexico. Also, the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. (The decision would be made by the territories' inhabitants later, when they applied for statehood.) Regarding Washington, the slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. Finally, California would be admitted as a free state. To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.</span>
The main way in which the railroads contributed to the end of the large buffalo herds was that "The railroad tracks were obstacles that the buffalo would not cross". It sounds silly, but the buffalo actually refused to cross the tracks for reasons that are still misunderstood.<span />
For the first one The institution of slavery contradicted the foundation of the American society because till this day people of color are still being treated horrendously due to their ancestors and their teachings to the newer generation. Also it contradicted it because Americans had their amendments but it didn’t apply to slaves .
Dale persisted despite his friends' attempts to tell him that is Ancient Legend
Answer: Option B
<u>Explanation:</u>
Gordian knot is a word which is normally used to denote a problem which can not be generally solved and is used as a metaphor. It is used to talk about Alexander the great who was an ancient legend.
This was one of the problems in the rule of Alexander the great and this chapter of his life was very important and is till date used as for comparison to deal with the problem which is tough to be solved or may be impossible.
When a country gifts some of its land to other country, it is generally not a quiet surrender.
<u>Explanation:</u>
When the government of the country gifts land to some other countries as a result of some privileges or some return of favor, it is not necessarily a surrender done by the country to other country. It might be a gift of real estate to that country.
It is known as the and grant where land is granted to that country. They are given to individuals or the countries to develop the land which is unused especially in the underpopulated countries.
