Prompt: Analyze the
effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the
period 1820 to 1861.
In
the period of 1820 to 1861, many compromises were created in order to reduce
sectional tensions and prevent a civil war.
In this period, the North and South were heavily debating the issue of
slavery and sectional balance, and compromises were needed to alleviate these
pressures. Some of the compromises that
tried to solve these burning issues were the Missouri Compromise, the Tariff Act
of 1828, and the Compromise of 1850.
