Compromise — Social Studies definition
An arrangement combining concessions or measures to address a dispute; the label does not establish universal agreement or fairness.
Where it is taught
- Compromises, Fugitive Slave Law & Kansas — Sectional Crisis & Civil War, U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
In use
California wanted in as a free state, which would break the tie, and the Compromise of 1850 was the attempt to make that survivable.
Compromises, Fugitive Slave Law & Kansas
Questions using compromise
Problem 1
Did the 1820 compromise end slavery above that latitude everywhere in the United States?
Answer and explanation
No. The restriction concerned defined Louisiana Purchase territory with Missouri excepted. It was not a universal national latitude rule or nationwide abolition.
Problem 2
Put Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act in order.
Answer and explanation
1820; 1850; 1854. Compare their different provisions rather than treating them as one unchanged rule.