Title Congress and the crisis of the 1850s / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon

Published Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877. Contents Introduction : a disastrous decade / Paul Finkelman -- Politics, patronage, and public policy : the Compromise of 1850 / Michael F. Holt -- The appeasement of 1850 / Paul Finkleman -- Beyond the balance rule : Congress, statehood, and slavery, 1850-1859 / Matthew Glassman -- Manifest destiny's hangover : Congress confronts territorial expansion and martial masculinity in the 1850s / Amy S. Greenberg -- "When the victims of oppression stand up manfully for themselves" : the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the role of African Americans in obstructing its enforcement / Spencer R. Crew -- "Agitation is as necessary as tranquility is dangerous" : Kinsley S. Bingham becomes a Republican / Martin J. Hershock -- Dred, panic, war : how a slave case triggered financial crisis and civil disunion / Jenny Wahl -- "Hit him again" : the caning of Charles Sumner / Brooks D. Simpson Summary During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status-and more importantly the status of slavery within them-paralyzed the nation. Southerners gained access to the territories and a draconian fugitive slave law in the Compromise of 1850, but this only exacerbated sectional tensions. Virtually all northerners, even those who supported the law because they believed that it would preserve the union, despised being t Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject United States. Congress -- History -- 19th century. SUBJECT United States. Congress fast Subject Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories. Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century Sectionalism (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- General. Sectionalism (United States) Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. Politics and government Slavery -- Extension to the territories Slavery -- Law and legislation Slavery -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states Slavery -- Political aspects SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140427 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Finkelman, Paul, 1949- Kennon, Donald R., 1948- United States Capitol Historical Society. ISBN 9780821443996 0821443992

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