Explain why there was a demand for parliamentary reform 1780-1832? The British government during the 1700’s consisted of the king‚ who was the head of state and Ministers from the landed gentry who often gained their seats through corrupt methods. As a result of the American revolution Britain received a tremendous shock to its system with the loss of the thirteen colonies. The war revealed Britain’s limitations and this heightened dissension and escalated political antagonism towards the
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c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad A. 1852 B. 1854 C. 1850 D. 1831 A. The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin gave people a look at the lives of slaves and made it personal to the reader. Giving the North a greater sense of opposition to Slavery. B. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was put into place to allow the two territories to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery. This led to Kansas being a free state. C. The Compromise of 1850 was 5 laws passed dealing
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the compromise of 1850 and the fugitive slave laws were two candidates for president of the United States‚ Franklin Pierce from the democratic party and Winfield Scott. Although Franklin Pierce‚ the eventual winner of the election‚ wasn’t as candid about his beliefs regarding slavery‚ he was definitely opposed to civil disobedience against the fugitive slave laws. These supporters generally included northern democrats and southern Whigs. The opposition to the compromise of 1850 and the fugitive
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urban population as well as beginning to see the horrors of slavery. The limits of the fragilely strung together Union were tested in the expansion westward and eventually some southern states began to secede. Compromises such as the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act only held off the conflict‚ and many believe the final straw that broke the back of the Union was Lincoln’s election and the dealings of Fort Sumter. Once tensions built up between the north and the south enough to where
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Perhaps the three most influential men in the pre-Civil War era were Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster. These men all died nearly a decade before the civil war began‚ but they didn’t know how much they would effect it. States’ rights was a very controversial issue‚ and one which had strong opposition and radical proposals coming from both sides. John C. Calhoun was in favor of giving states the power to nullify laws that they saw unconstitutional‚ and he presented this theory in his
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As the United states acquired new land‚ there was not a precedent set regarding how the issue of slavery would be handled in these vast new territories. The map explains how much land was acquired and the spread of slavery throughout the years of 1790 to 1860. The Missouri compromise admitting Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had
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The government should not approve the compromise‚ because of the fact that slavery is immoral and every step should be taken to slowly ablolish it. The government should not approve the compromise‚ which might have avoided a war. Another compromise could have been created to keep the north and the south satisfied. The compromise should not be approved because it leaves both sides unbalanced. The south would not have slaves in Utah or New Mexico simply because of thier geographical features. Slavery
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Wilmot Proviso It could be said that the American Civil War was brought on by Americans need to expand its territories and the one sided Mexican War. The whole debate or controversy over this expansion was David Wilmot’s (and his squad of backers: Hamlin‚ Brinkerhoff‚ and King) trying to implement the Wilmot Proviso into the funding for the Mexican territories we acquired. The proviso actually fueled the debate over slavery into the newly acquired territories by trying to make the territories
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they right? Was a peaceful‚ nonpartisan solution impossible? Was a policy of moderation doomed to fail? Would it have made much difference whether the nation was led by moderates or fanatics? 2. Repeated sectional compromises‚ in 1820‚ 1833‚ and 1850‚ held the Union together and averted civil war. Why did compromise fail in 1860(1861? Civil War (30 points) 3. How did the Civil War affect each of the following: northern factory
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1854 by Stephen Douglas. He was a democrat senator from Illinois. He was trying to help the country spread westward to place himself for national power. to figure out a way to overcome the sectional disputes that were remaining in the aftermath of 1850‚ trying to do so to organize the territories between Mississippian river and the pacific coast. His main goal was to overcome all the debates about the future of slavery. His solution was Popular sovereignty‚ this meant that the citizens of each new
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