Crittenden Compromise

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:context pre-American Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Crittenden Compromise
gptkbp:influencedBy sectional tensions over slavery
gptkbp:mainProvision forbid Congress from abolishing slavery in slave states
amend U.S. Constitution
compensate owners for fugitive slaves
protect slavery south of 36°30′ parallel
restore Missouri Compromise line
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_J._Crittenden
gptkbp:opposedBy Republican senators
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:John_J._Crittenden
1860
gptkbp:purpose prevent secession of Southern states
gptkbp:rejectedDate January 1861
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
secession crisis
gptkbp:result rejected by Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_J._Crittenden
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6