On the Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History John C. Waugh. Scholarly Resources, $28.95 (217pp) ISBN 978-0-8420-2945-2 ...

History: Race in the U.S.A., a timeline created by the American Anthropological Association, looks at milestones in thinking and actions about race in government, science and society.

As Vann Newkirk, a writer at the Atlantic, put it succinctly, "the entire fabric of American law was a compromise with slavery.". The idea that the Civil War was caused by a failure to compromise ...

They cover the basic contours of the Mexican-American War, ... Soon after the treaty was signed, the Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state and reduced the size of Texas, ...

In Mexican eyes, the United States had illegally seized one-third of Mexico’s territory during the 1847 Mexican-American War, including what are now the states of California, Utah, Nevada ...

Instead of the “Compromise of 1850,” which implies that both North and South gave and received equally in the bargains over slavery, the legislation should be called the “Appeasement of 1850.” ...

Fergus Bordewich talks about the Compromise of 1850 and its significance to the North winning the Civil War more than a decade later.

In Mexican eyes, the United States had illegally seized one-third of Mexico’s territory during the 1847 Mexican-American War, including what are now the states of California, Utah, Nevada ...

The Mexican-American war (1846-1848) changed the slavery debate. Skip to Main Content. Live ... The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law imposed the rule of Slave states onto Free states. (1m 48s) The ...