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    The Missouri Compromise was created in 1820 to put an end to the conflict between the slave and non-slave states‚ however‚ it only caused the conflict to worsen. The dispute began to get worse and worse‚ eventually making the sectionalism between the North and South increase. The Missouri Compromise ignited sectionalism within the United States‚ which further contributed to a terrible War. In 1820‚ Missouri was petitioning to become a slave state‚ however‚ the imbalance of power in the south was

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    Louisiana Purchase

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    Throughout American history‚ land‚ expansion‚ and the conquering of new territories has played an integral role in the development of economics‚ politics‚ and even led to bloody conflicts. When America first gained their independence on July 4‚ 1776‚ the nation consisted of only the 13 states that had recently separated themselves from Great Britain. Since then America has grown to 50 states‚ however this expansion came at a cost. American expansion had huge impacts on the development‚ and ultimate

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    about a woman who is very heroic and changed the lives of many slaves‚ a woman named Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was a woman who is famous for her hard work as an abolitionist and being the conductor of the Underground Railroad during the turbulent 1850’s. She helped many other slaves like herself escape to freedom. Harriet was a strong woman who was filled with determination‚strength‚passion‚ and patience. She was a true hero who wanted to serve people and she was extremely brave for her actions

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    1843‚ Dr. Emerson died and the Scotts are hired out to other families in St.Louis. In 1846‚ Dred Scott sues Mrs. Emerson for his family’s freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court but loses and is told that he can refile the case. He returns in 1850 and the court rules in favor of the Scotts’ freedom due to the years of residency in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory‚ which are non-slave areas. The case is appealed by Mrs. Emerson‚ who doesn’t want to lose such marketable property‚ and returns

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    Civil War

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    slaves. Mr. Garrison was so against slavery that he refused to wear cotton or eat cane sugar because it is manufactured by slaves. Document B Does not present a threaten towards the Civil War. However after northern were disgusted for the compromise of 1850 specially after the fugitive slave act. Lincoln was running for presidency and no one voted for Lincoln in the south‚ because of these disputes about slavery led to the Civil War. Another Factor that led to the civil war was the lack of trust between

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    Oregon Trail

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    The Oregon Trail is a 2‚000 mile route for large wagons. The trail began by fur trappers and traders from 1811 to 1840. The only way you could pass was by foot or on a horse. By the 1846-1869 the trail was used by about 400‚000 settlers‚ ranchers‚ farmers‚ miners‚ and businessmen and their families. William Clark founded the path but it wasn’t discovered until 1859 that they could actually walk the path that connected the Missouri River to the Columbia River. The West part of the trail connected

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    south. The machine speeded up the process of cleaning cotton fibers‚ therefore augmenting the need for workers and cheap labor. Land owners justified their actions by saying that slaves would not be able to survive on their own if not cared for. By 1850‚ more than forty percent of the southern population was consisted of African Americans. As America began to expand with the Louisiana Purchase and the lands won after the Mexican war‚ the question was whether new states would be introduced into the

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    Being a writer can be challenging. Being a female writer can be even more challenging. But being a female author who wrote a story on one of the most morally and socially controversial topics of that era is by far the most challenging. I’m Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ a supporter of the abolishment of the captivity and forced labor of Africans‚ as well as a very productive writer. I came from a family that was based on religion; my father was a Reverend. I’ve been writing since I was seven years old and

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    Manifest Destiny

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    Manifest Destiny The expansion of the United States from its thirteen original colonies to the nation it is today was a very extensive process‚ involving numerous wars and treaties. The greatest one of these expansion periods occurred from the 1830s to the 1860s‚ largely due to the idea of Manifest Destiny‚ the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent to the Pacific coast. This development played a major role in dividing the North and the South by contributing

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    Missouri Compromise

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    These failed compromises served purposes other than their intended ones. They served to “feed the extremist factions” in each of the divided sections of America. The deterioration of these compromises aided the progression of groups like the Radical Republicans‚ Know- Nothings‚ Free-Soil Party‚ and Abolitionists. One of the compromises that served to feed these factions was the Missouri Compromise. As stated before‚ this compromise debated on the admission Maine and Missouri as slave or free states

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