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    After the Nullification Crisis‚ America proved victorious in the Mexican War of 1848‚ which meant the acquisition of even more land. Next‚ Henry Clay developed another key compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850 which provided yet another distinction between the American North and South. Under the compromise‚ Utah and New Mexico could now operate under popular sovereignty. In the North‚ no states could operate under popular sovereignty. With this‚ the North

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    American had much to boast about in 1850‚ their nation was vastly larger‚ richer‚ and more powerful than in the 1800 but only eleven years later‚ the nation fell into civil war. America had struggled throughout time before the arrival of the civil war. The effect that lead to civil war was the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ 1854 (Bleeding Kansas)‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Panic of 1857‚ Dred Scott Decision (1857)‚ John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry‚ and Election of Abraham Lincoln. The Missouri Compromise was

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    By the 1850’s the Constitution‚ originally an instrument of national unity‚ had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it created. This was shown by ambivalent interpretations of the constitution and other important documents when assorted together. It is known that the union did not last‚ for there was the Civil War. If everyone could agree on what the constitution implied‚ then there probably would not have been a civil war. From

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    manner. Clay’s compromise of 1850 marked the first of many political advancements of the decade. Briefly‚ the compromise stated that California would be admitted‚ by congress‚ as a free state‚ but Congress would then protect slavery‚ by passing Fugitive Slave Laws—laws that slaves‚ who escaped to the North‚ must be given back‚ and northern citizens had an obligation to do so—and the territories of Utah and New Mexico solve the issue of slavery by popular

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    Dbq 1987

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    DBQ By the 1850’s the Constitution‚ originally framed as an instrument of national unity‚ had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it has created. This was shown by interpretations of the constitution and other documents when the constitution was assorted together. It is known that the union did not last‚ for there was the Civil War. If everyone could agree on what the constitution implied‚ then there probably would not have been

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    The geographic differences between the North and South lead to differences in economy‚ splitting America into two distinct halves. The South has a mostly sunny climate‚ including long‚ hot‚ humid summers‚ mild winters‚ and immense quantities of rain. Ideal for agriculture‚ the flat‚ fertile soil of the South along with calm rivers‚ led plantations to flourish. Easy to navigate‚ the rivers in the South promoted trade and allowed for easy navigation (Doc 3 pic 1). With warm summers‚ cold‚ snowy

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    There were no occurrences besides D.C where America saw a state change from slave to free or vise versa. With that said‚ the New Mexico and Utah territory were to be determined by Popular sovereignty due to the Great Compromise of 1850. This meant that within the state people would decide on whether the state should be determined as a slave or free state. The intentions of popular sovereignty were only good. The goal of it was to let the people decide giving them ultimate power

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    CRACKING THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM‚ “The new period of expansion resulted in a national debate over slavery‚ as would every period of expansion to follow until the Civil War resolved the slavery question.” The Missouri Compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and… were just a quick fix for the inevitable to come‚ the civil war. The political compromises of this time period were not able to meet their final goal‚ primarily because of misunderstandings The Missouri compromise‚ which admitted Missouri as

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    signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo‚ which ended the Mexican-American War‚ and gave the U.S. new territory but was torn in deciding which states could have slaves or not which led to the conflict resulting in the compromise of 1850. Compromise of 1850 The compromise of 1850 was to solve the problem of slavery without congress having to decide. The compromise would make northerners and southerners happy. The points of the compromise were that California became a free state; Texas’s boundaries were

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    is only one correct mind path of these two‚ and that is that the North sold out during these compromises and gave the South what it wanted for minimal returns. The three main compromises of the 19th century‚ the compromises of 1820 (Missouri) and 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 each were ways for the south to gain more power so that eventually‚ it could secede. First‚ the Missouri Compromise of 1820 established the slavery line that allowed slavery below it and forbid

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