On the Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History John C. Waugh. Scholarly Resources, $28.95 (217pp) ISBN 978-0-8420-2945-2 ...

On this day in 1850, Henry Clay, a Whig from Kentucky, rose in the Old Senate Chamber to advance what became known as the Compromise of 1850 — a proposal that, when later adopted, put off the ...

April 8, 2013 | Clip Of First Ladies Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, and Abigail Fillmore The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act User-Created Clip by tgrane ...

History of the United States From the Compromise of 1850 to the McKinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896/the McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations, 1897-1909 By Wilbur C. Abbott June 1923 Issue ...

Five Best: Joanne B. Freeman on Books About the Crisis of the 1850s From the author, most recently, of “The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War.” ...

California’s admission came as a result of the Compromise of 1850. Sen. Henry Clay, a Kentucky Whig and former House speaker, brokered the agreement.

A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War David S. Brown. Scribner, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-1-6680-2281-8 ...