The Compromise of 1850 akakundikana kudzikamisa nyaya. Mukutanga 1850s, Lincoln akatsigira sectional mediation, uye ake 1852 hurukuro yekurumbidza Clay yakanangana nekutsigira kwaClay kwekusunungurwa zvishoma nezvishoma uye kupikisa "zvose zvakanyanyisa" panyaya yehuranda. Sezvo 1850s mberi, gakava pamusoro pehuranda muNebraska Territory neKansas Territory yakava yakanyanyisa, uye Senator Douglas Douglas akakurudzira hurumende yakakurumbira sekubvumirana; chikumbiro chaizobvumira sarudzo yeRepublican yenyika imwe neimwe kuti isarudze mamiriro ehuranda. Chikumbiro ichi chakashungurudza vazhinji vekuNorth, avo vaitarisira kupararira kwehuranda munzvimbo dzekuchamhembe.
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