There was actually only one cause for the American Civil War: slavery. #History #MissouriCompromise #CompromiseOf1850 #AmericanCivilWar #Abolitionism #AbrahamLincoln #ManifestDestiny #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2880-en/

" and motivated some of them to move from #PeacefulMethods to support extreme violence. ... That single event was the #CompromiseOf1850. "

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was an American military officer who served as the twelfth president of the United States. #History #ZacharyTaylor #CompromiseOf1850 #BattleOfMonterrey #JeffersonDavis #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24596-en/

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the key political figures of the Antebellum Era. #History #WarOf1812 #PetticoatAffair #JohnC.Calhoun #HenryClay #CompromiseOf1850 #AmericanCivilWar #AndrewJackson #DanielWebster #GreatTriumvirate #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24172-en/

TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS ARE HARD TO FOLLOW. HE WENT FROM RISING TO PLUMMETING AWFULLY FAST. IT HAPPENS. IS THIS AN EXAMPLE?
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Trump can be cut down big-time on at least two major issues: the slowing, shrinking economy; and raids by his ICE gestapo. See the Daily Beast headline in the right-hand column. Due process is of tremendous importance. Masked, unidentified ICE agents coming to town and disappearing people for no apparent cause gets attention. Millard Fillmore signed the Fugitive Slave Bill into law in 1851 as part of the Compromise of 1850 and most Americans foolishly thought the slavery issue was put to rest. Then slave hunters started sweeping into cities and towns in free states and spiriting away people who were SUSPECTED of being fugitive slaves. I emphasize SUSPECTED because a lot of MAGApublican dirty work is based on their suspicions, right now and every day. The reaction slave hunters provoked was the first major blow against the institution of slavery. Something similar could be happening right now. Time will tell but this is a flame well worth fanning. Trump is doing wrong and Americans can plainly see it in their cities and towns.

Eightysix47 on Trump's assholiday!

: #assholiday #compromiseof1850 #democrats #donaldtrump #eightysix47 #fugitiveslaveact #ice #icegestapo #icevigilantes #immigration #migrants #millardfillmore #slavery #uspol #uspolitics :

Henry Clay (1777-1852) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the defining political figures of his age. #History #WarOf1812 #MissouriCompromise #HenryClay #CompromiseOf1850 #AmericanSystem #AndrewJackson #GreatCompromiser #GreatTriumvirate #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24589-en/

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills passed by the US Congress in September 1850 to diffuse a sectional crisis brewing between the 'free states' of the North and the 'slave states' of the South. #History #MissouriCompromise #CompromiseOf1850 #AmericanCivilWar #DanielWebster #HenryClay #JohnC.Calhoun #StephenA.Douglas #USHistory #ZacharyTaylor #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24595-en/

See our latest post on the Oberlin Wellington Rescue in 1858. The rescue by local citizens of a fugitive slave John Lewis was a direct challenge to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. #JohnLewis #FugitiveSlaveLaw #OberlinWellingtonRescue #Compromiseof1850. https://historianspeaks.org/f/john-lewis-oberlin-wellington-rescue-1858