civil war

The vast territory gained in Mexican War raised new questions about slavery and intensified sectionalism. To solve the slavery problem, Henry Clay proposed the Compromise of 1850, hoping to avoid the civil war and disunion. Although the compromise delayed the Civil War for eleven years, it ultimately failed to prevent the war from happening. The Compromise of 1850 was successful in the sense that it solved some impending crises, thus delayed the outbreak of war. On the …

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