Unsuccessful proposal to enshrine slavery in the U.S. Constitution before American Civil War
Not to be confused with Crittenden–Johnson Resolution.
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Texas Revolution
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The Crittenden Compromise was an unsuccessful proposal to permanently enshrine slavery in the United States Constitution, and thereby make it unconstitutional for future congresses to end slavery. It was introduced by United States Senator John J. Crittenden (Constitutional Unionist of Kentucky) on December 18, 1860. It aimed to resolve the secession crisis of 1860–1861 that eventually led to the American Civil War by addressing the fears and grievances of Southern pro-slavery factions, and by quashing anti-slavery activities. The Crittenden Compromise is not to be confused with the Crittenden Resolution, which provided that the Union would take no actions against slavery.
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compromise to preserve the Union. In the Senate, former Kentucky Whig John J. Crittenden, elected as a Unionist candidate, submitted the Crittenden Compromise...
The Missouri Compromise (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was a federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states...
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between...
The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention...
finance the war. In December 1860, the CrittendenCompromise was proposed to re-establish the Missouri Compromise line by constitutionally banning slavery...
John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), US Senator, Governor of Kentucky, Attorney General of the United States and author of the CrittendenCompromise John J...
John J. Crittenden attempted to keep the Union together with the formation of the Constitutional Union Party and the proposed CrittendenCompromise. Though...
to find a compromise to avert war, they did not turn to economic policies. The three major attempts at compromise, the CrittendenCompromise, the Corwin...
amendment process and from abolition or interference by Congress. CrittendenCompromise End of slavery in the United States History of unfree labor in the...
former senator from Tennessee Sam Houston, governor of Texas John J. Crittenden, senator from Kentucky Edward Everett, former senator from Massachusetts...
pro-slavery provisions of the Tyler treaty. The Senate narrowly passed a compromise version of the House bill, designed to provide President-elect Polk the...
several Southern states threatened secession, Seymour supported the CrittendenCompromise as a way to avoid civil war. He supported the Union war effort during...
paid a full soldier's pension. In February 1899, Congress approved a compromise amount of $20 (equivalent to $730 in 2023) per month (the $8 from her...
Crittenden may refer to: Crittenden County, Arkansas Crittenden County, Kentucky Crittenden, Kentucky, a city Crittenden Township, Champaign County, Illinois...
legal nationwide, thus overriding state anti-slavery laws. (See CrittendenCompromise.) This was described as "well underway" by 1858. Said openly that...
The Massachusetts Compromise was a solution reached in a controversy between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the ratification of the United States...
Washington, DC, for the Peace Conference of 1861. Attendees rejected the CrittendenCompromise and other proposals. Eventually it proposed the Corwin Amendment...
on July 21, 1861. After that, it became clear that there could be no compromise between the Union and the seceding states and that a long and bloody war...
The Nullification Crisis would be resolved with the Tariff of 1833, a compromise. Force Bill Protectionism in the United States "A Century of Lawmaking...
assassinated prior to his 1861 inauguration and a version of the CrittendenCompromise was adopted instead. As a result, slavery has remained legal in...
liberal federalist Valentin Gomez Farias, who would attempt to reach a compromise with the Texans. In November 1833, the Mexican government attempted to...
the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers...
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