election of 1850 what is that?

Question

it has to do with the civil war but I don't know really other then that so can you help me?

Answer 1

This election has little if anything to do with the civil war. The civil war began in 1861. This election was for political offices prior to the start of the civil war. This election had issues that may have contributed to the civil war such as issues concerning slavery and the expansion of slavery into new states. Get out your history book, put down the magazines and read about it so it makes more sense to you.

Answer 2

The main historical event in 1850 was the Compromise of 1850. It was a series of laws that resolved the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War (1846–48). The five laws balanced the interests of the slaveholding states of the South and the free states. California was admitted as a free state, Texas received financial compensation for relinquishing claim to lands east of the Rio Grande in what is now New Mexico, the territory of New Mexico (including present-day Arizona and Utah) was organized without any specific prohibition of slavery, the slave trade (but not slavery itself) was abolished in Washington, D.C., and the stringent Fugitive Slave Law was passed, requiring all U.S. citizens to assist in the return of runaway slaves

Democrats increased their congressional majority in 1850, Millard Filmore, the Whig who had gained the presidency after the death of Zachary Taylor, grew unpopular. By this election, sectionalist was again becoming a major issue. This is made evident by several third parties that gained seats during the election. The anti-slavery Free Soil Party lost several seats but still held several New England districts. The Constitutional Unionist Party, formed in support of the Compromise of 1850, gained ground in Georgia. The States' Rights Party, based on the issue in its name, was successful in South Carolina.