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Compromises in US History

1) Great Compromise- Alowed for constitution to be writen Elements: 2 houses in Congress House based on population Senate based on equality

2) 3/5 compromise Kept the south at constitutional Convention Elements: Slaves count as 3/5s of a person

3)Misrouri COmpromise- Avoided Civil war for 30 years (compromise of 1820) Elements: 1) missouri becomes a slave state 2) Maine becomes a free state 3) No Slavery north of 36 30 in Lousiana Territory

4) Compromise of 1850- Postponed Civil War for 10 years Elements: 1) California becomes free state 2)Utah/New Mexico decided for themselves( popular sovereignty) 3) Stronger Fugitive Slave Law 4)Slave trade abolished in Distric of Columbia

5) COmpromise of 1877- Ended Radical Republican( Congressional) Reconstruction Elements: 1)Rutherford B Hayes becomes president 2)(James) Garfield gets to be speaker of the House 3) Fed troops removed from Louisiana, SC,FL 4) Southern Transcontenental railroad to be "helped" by congress 5) Southerners are to be given a place in the Fed Goverment (two were appointed to Cabinet by hayes)