CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE

in U.S. history, unsuccessful last-minute effort to avert the Civil War. It was proposed in Congress as a constitutional amendment in Dec., 1860, by Sen. John J. Crittenden of Kentucky with support from the National Union party. Basically, it accepted the boundary between free and slave states that had been set by the Missouri Compromise (1820–21), extended the line to California, and assured the continuation of slavery where it already existed. In addition, it advocated slavery in the District of Columbia, upheld the fugitive slave law (1850) with minor modifications, and called for vigorous suppression of the African slave trade. At a peace conference called by the Virginia legislature in 1861, the compromise gained support from four border state delegations. Nevertheless, it failed in the House of Representatives in Jan., 1861, by a vote of 113 to 80 and in the Senate in March by a vote of 20 to 19. Its defeat made clear the inevitability of the Civil War.

See A. D. Kirwan, John J. Crittenden: The National Union Party Struggle for the Union (1962).

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1.
Early Times in Texas, Or, the Adventures of Jack Dobell
Book by John C. Duval, Mabel Major, Rebecca W. Smith, Jerry Bywaters; University of Nebraska Press, 1986
Subjects: Authors, American--Fiction, Duval, John C--(John Crittenden)--1816-1897--Fiction, Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836--Fiction
...SUFFERING FROM HUNGER--LOST AND TAKE THE BACK TRAIL-- RETURN NEARLY TO GOLIAD--MAKE A FRESH START AND HOLLIDAY TAKES THE LEAD AND AGAIN GOES WRONG--I REBEL--DISAGREEMENT IN CAMP, COMPROMISE, AND I FINALLY LEAD THE WAY.
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Texas, New Mexico, and the Compromise of 1850: Boundary Dispute & Sectional Crisis
Book by Mark J. Stegmaier; Kent State University Press, 1996
Subjects: Compromise Of 1850, New Mexico--Boundaries--Texas, Texas--Boundaries--New Mexico
...slavery 0.063 0.231 Thirtieth Congress-- Clayton compromise 0.332 0.191 Thirty-first Congress-- boundary...constitution 0.053 Thirty-sixth Congress-- Crittenden compromise 0.162 The likeness indexes for the 1850 boundary...
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The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America
Book by Robert Pierce Forbes; University of North Carolina Press, 2007
Subjects: Missouri Compromise, Slavery--Political Aspects--United States--History--18th Century, Slavery--Political Aspects--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1815-1861
...Tyler, ed., Missouri Compromise: Letters to James Barbour...76. Tyler, Missouri Compromise, 17. 77. Ibid., 15...Adams he wrote to John J. Crittenden that he felt the struggle...80. Brown, Missouri Compromises , 14; Adams, Memoirs, 5:13. 81. Brown, Missouri Compromises, 14 . 82. John Tyler to...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Mckinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896 - Vol. 8
Book by James Ford Rhodes; Macmillan, 1920
Subjects: United States--History, United States--History--1849-1877, United States--History--1865-1898, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
...United States, ii. 142. Crittenden, J. J., Attorney...character, offers a compromise, 37; Committee of Thirteen...Braggs invasion, iv. 177. Crittenden, T. L., at Shiloh, iii. 512. Crittenden, W. L., in Lopez expedition...
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History of Black Americans: From the Compromise of 1850 to the End of the Civil War
Book by Philip S. Foner; Greenwood Press, 1983
Subjects: African Americans--History--1863-1877, African Americans--History--To 1863, Slavery--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Race Relations
...down version of the Crittenden plan. The new version stated that the Missouri Compromise line should be extended...other features of the Crittenden compromise: As to fugitive...voted on the original Crittenden plan and defeated it...
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In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The John J. Crittenden Family in War and Peace
Journal article by Harry S. Laver; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 76, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The John J. Crittenden Family in War and Peace (Biography)--Book reviews
...Patriarch: The John J. Crittenden Family in War and Peace...Kentucky, led by John J. Crittenden, the U.S. senator and author of the failed compromise that bore his name...came in 1861, Senator Crittenden had established through...
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Fbf and Its Dual Control of Gld-1 Expression in the Caenorhabditis Elegans Germline
Journal article by Nayoung Suh, Sarah L. Crittenden, Aaron Goldstrohm, Brad Hook, Beth Thompson, Marvin Wickens, Judith Kimble; Genetics, Vol. 181, 2009
Subjects: Genetic engineering, Proteins, Stem cells
...Germline by Nayoung Suh , Sarah L. Crittenden , Aaron Goldstrohm , Brad Hook , Beth...Spradling 1997; Forbes and Lehmann 1998; Crittenden et al. 2002), and PUF proteins have...and are sterile (Zhang et al. 1997; Crittenden et al. 2002; Lamont et al. 2004...
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A Longer Retention Interval Increases Subjective Similarity
Journal article by Donald L. King, Kia B. Crittenden, Ronald C. Pearlman, Abraham Tishman; The Psychological Record, Vol. 49, 1999
Subjects: Memory--Research, Subjectivity--Psychological aspects, Time--Psychological aspects
...INCREASES SUBJECTIVE SIMILARITY. by DONALD L. KING , KIA B. CRITTENDEN , RONALD C. PEARLMAN , ABRAHAM TISHMAN High subjective similarity...background symmetry on same-different pattern matching: A compromise-criteria account. Perception Psychophysics, 48, 543...
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Stopping Time: The Pro-Slavery and "Irrevocable" Thirteenth Amendment
Journal article by A. Christopher Bryant; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects: Constitutional amendments--History, Legislative power--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. art. 5, United States. Congress--Powers and duties
...45) Any hope for compromise therefore depended on congressional...responsible for earlier compromises. (46) Moreover, past compromises had resolved problems that...Congress considered a number of compromise measures. In the tradition...Whig, Senator John J. Crittenden presented an Omnibus package...
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"The Sport of Folly and the Prize of Treason": Confederate Property Seizures and the Northern Home Front in the Secession Crisis
Journal article by Silvana R. Siddali; Civil War History, Vol. 47, 2001
Subjects: Government property--Finance, Property--Military aspects, Secession--United States, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--19th century, War--Economic aspects
...24) Many believed that the Missouri Compromise line had been a terrible mistake because...conflict, while his unwillingness to compromise the basic principles of his partys platform...had avidly supported the Crittenden Compromise and now dreaded the coming news of unpaid...
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Q: Is Early Marriage the Best Choice for American Women?
Magazine article by Danielle Crittenden, Jennifer L. Pozner; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, February 22, 1999
Subjects: Marriage--Analysis, Women--Conduct of life
...American women by DANIELLE CRITTENDEN , JENNIFER L. POZNER BY DANIELLE CRITTENDEN Yes: By marrying young...unhappy? Why should women compromise their ambitions to raise...it demeans us all. Crittenden is the author of What Our...
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A Presidential Dozen
Magazine article by Martin D. Tullai; World and I, Vol. 18, February 2003
Subjects: Buchanan, James, Ford, Gerald R., Grant, Ulysses S., Harding, Warren G., Kennedy, John F., Lincoln, Abraham, Polk, James K., President of the United States, Roosevelt, Theodore, Truman, Harry S., Washington, George, Wilson, Woodrow
...war by conciliation and compromise. Many believe that if the prime compromise under discussion had been...who refused to accept this compromise (and as president elect...to do so. This was the Crittenden Compromise, which contained...
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Lincoln Also Prevented Slavery in Latin America
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 137, April 2009
Subjects: Latin American history, 1850-1945--Political aspects, Lincoln, Abraham--Influence, Manifest destiny, Messianism, American, Obama, Barack--Social policy, Slavery--History, Slavery--Political aspects
...America. He helped prevent the possibility following his election as president. On the eve of the Civil War, the Crittenden Compromise was proposed in Congress to solve the crisis between the North and South. One of the provisions designed to appease...
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Adc Conference
Magazine article by Lisa Viscidi, Nizar Wattad, Sara Powell, Paola Rizzuto, Ashley McGovern; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 22, September 2003
Subjects: Conferences, Muslims, Social conditions & trends
...such thing as a neutral observer," Crittenden insisted that although "the image of...statements of allegiance, with OSullivan and Crittenden taking an explicitly pro-war stance...must be kept "open in a way not to compromise our own security." Powell described...
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Twelve Essentials of a School District Website: If Your Site Is Your Calling Card, What Impressions Are You Giving Parents and the Public?
Magazine article by Jennifer L. Wohlleb; School Administrator, Vol. 63, May 2006
Subjects: Web sites, Web sites (World Wide Web)
...paducah.k12.ky.us/) found a nice compromise, providing a discreet link from its...and creates a consistent look. The Crittenden County School District in Marion, Ky. (www.crittenden.k12.ky.us), not only uses the...
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Lincoln Presides over Institution He Abhors; Slave Pens throughout U.S. Capital
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 20, 2002
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham
...free-soil interests. In a compromise, Southerners agreed to help...Kentucky Sen. John J. Crittenden on Dec. 18, 1860, proposed...South and in Washington. Crittenden hoped to avert the slavery...Abraham Lincoln rejected the Crittenden Compromise, and Congress...
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Lincoln's Family among Those Split for Battle
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 16, 2002
...Kentucky Sen. John J. Crittenden also wore the mantle of compromise, and the war severed ties...Confederate cause. Thomas L. Crittenden became a Union major general...His brother, George Bibb Crittenden, became a Confederate major...
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Inside Politics
Newspaper article by Greg Pierce; The Washington Times, November 28, 2000
...feminism inside out," Danielle Crittenden, author of "What Our Mothers...longer true either," Mrs. Crittenden said, citing catty and sophomoric...Honey, its mean," Mrs. Crittenden said. `I FEEL YOUR PAIN...unaware of the constitutional compromise by our Founding Fathers that...
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Congressman's Caning of Senator Divides Nation
Newspaper article by Edward P. Moser; The Washington Times, May 23, 1998
...controversial law that repealed the Missouri Compromise would permit the extension of slavery...caught Sumner from falling. Sen. John Crittenden of Kentucky pleaded with Brooks...ally of Brooks then raised his cane at Crittenden and cried, "Let them alone, God damn...
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'As a Citizen of the South'; Robert E. Lee Addresses Outcome of Civil War
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 19, 2005
Subjects: Lee, Robert E.
...union, and urged harmony and compromise. Senator Stephen A. Douglas...in his remarks upon the compromise bill recommended by the commitee...proposition of Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky as a final settlement...have preferred any honourable compromise to the fratricidal war which...
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encyclopedia articles on: Crittenden Compromise  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Crittenden Compromise
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE in U.S. history, unsuccessful last...in Dec., 1860, by Sen. John J. Crittenden of Kentucky with support from the National...War. See A. D. Kirwan, John J. Crittenden: The National Union Party Struggle...
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Crittenden, John Jordan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Kentucky legislator (1811 17), Crittenden entered the U.S. Senate...in the Senate (1855 61), Crittenden was foremost in attempting to conciliate North and South (see Crittenden Compromise ) and was chairman of the Border...
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Civil War , in U.S. History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the year of the Missouri Compromise , which was intended as...annexation of Cuba. The Compromise of 1850 marked the end...sections, notably the Crittenden Compromise offered by Sen. J. J. Crittenden. Lincoln resolved to hold...
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Lincoln, Abraham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...speech at Springfield, repeated at Peoria, he attacked the compromises concerning the question of slavery in the territories and...Lincolns election was the signal for secession. All compromise plans, such as that proposed by John J. Crittenden , failed, and by the time of Lincolns inauguration seven...


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