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Dec 2, 2009 · Missouri Compromise. In December 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden (1787-1863) introduced legislation aimed at resolving the looming secession crisis in the ...
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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.
- The Situation in Late 1860
- Role of John J. Crittenden
- Defeat in Congress
- Efforts to Revive The Crittenden Compromise
- Legacy of The Crittenden Compromise
- Sources
The issue of enslavement had been dividing Americans since the founding of the nation when the passage of the Constitution required compromises recognizing the legal enslavement of human beings. In the decade preceding the Civil War, enslavement became the central political issue in America. The Compromise of 1850 had been intended to satisfy conce...
As the threats of pro-slavery states to leave the Union began to sound quite serious following Lincoln's election, northerners reacted with surprise and increasing concern. In the South, motivated activists, dubbed Fire Eaters, stoked outrage and encouraged secession. An elderly senator from Kentucky, John J. Crittenden, stepped up to try to broker...
When it appeared obvious that Crittenden couldn't get his legislation through Congress, he proposed an alternative plan: the proposals would be submitted to the voting public as a referendum. The Republican president-elect, Abraham Lincoln, who was still in Springfield, Illinois, had indicated that he did not approve of Crittenden's plan. When legi...
Oddly enough, a month after Crittenden's effort came to an end on Capitol Hill, there were still efforts to revive it. The New York Herald, the influential newspaper published by the eccentric James Gordon Bennett, published an editorial urging a revival of the Crittenden Compromise. The editorial urged the unlikely prospect that president-elect Li...
Senator John J. Crittenden died on July 26, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War. He never lived to see the Union restored, and his plan, of course, was never enacted. When General George McClellan ran for president in 1864, on a platform of essentially ending the war, there was the occasional talk of proposing a peace plan that would resemble the ...
"Crittenden Compromise." American Eras: Primary Sources, edited by Rebecca Parks, vol. 2: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877, Gale, 2013, pp. 248-252."Crittenden, John Jordan." Gale Encyclopedia of American Law, edited by Donna Batten, 3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2010, pp. 313-316."The Crittenden Peace Oak," New York Times, 13 May 1928, p. 80."Obituary. Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky." New York Times, 28 July 1863, p. 1.Crittenden argued that any successful proposal had to go beyond legislative action to offer a more permanent solution, so he proposed a collection of constitutional amendments. At the heart of the plan was an amendment to extend to the Pacific the line drawn by the 1820 Missouri Compromise , prohibiting slavery north of the 36°30' parallel—a line made defunct by the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Nov 21, 2023 · The Crittenden Compromise was written by John Crittenden, a senator from Kentucky. The plan was an effort to prevent civil war and preserve the Union. Included in the plan were proposed ...
- The Crittenden Compromise was an effort to prevent secession and the Civil War over the issue of slavery. It contained a series of constitutional a...
- The Crittenden Compromise, while being a strong effort to prevent civil war, contributed to further divisions between the states. The Crittenden Pl...
- The 6 amendments to the Crittenden Compromise were as follows: Slavery would be prohibited in all territories north of the 36°30° parallel and be...
Jan 12, 2024 · Crittenden proposed that the U.S. Constitution be amended to: Prohibit slavery in all U.S territories “now held, or hereafter acquired,” north of latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes (the old Missouri Comprise line). In territories south of that line, Congress would recognize and not interfere with the institution of slavery.
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With South Carolina’s secession convention about to meet and several other Southern States organizing conventions, Senator John J. Crittenden introduced legislation he hoped would pacify the South and preserve the Union. The bill would reinstate the Missouri Compromise line, forbid the abolition of slavery on federal land in slaveholding states, compensate owners for runaway slaves, and protect the ‘Rule of Representation’ in Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
