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Political compromises in the United States
Slavery in the United StatesIn 1703, more than 42 percent of New York City households held enslaved people in bondage. This figure stood second only to Charleston, South Carolina, where…
Compromise of 1877On the morning of the 2nd of March 1877, President pro tempore Thomas W. Ferry announced that Rutherford B. Hayes had been elected president by an electoral…
Missouri CompromiseIn 1819, the United States stood on a precipice that no one had anticipated. The Era of Good Feelings, associated with President James Monroe's…
Crittenden CompromiseSenator John J. Crittenden stood before the Senate chamber on the 18th of December 1860 to introduce a package of six constitutional amendments and four…