Even though slavery was the cause of the civil war‚ the primary cause was not slavery‚ it was the territorial expansion. First of all‚ to make it clear‚ it is not wrong that slavery was the cause of the Civil War. As John C. Calhoun stated on March 4‚ 1850‚ “the subject of slavery would‚ if not prevented by some timely and effective measure‚ end in disunion… adopt some measure to prevent so great a disaster‚ but without success
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for the anti-slavery forces‚ as slavery was permitted in the newly absorbed territories‚ which lay below the line set in the Missouri Compromise. This helped galvanize both sides‚ beginning a process that would make war inevitable. Compromise of 1850. An attempt to deal with some of the slavery related issues brought up by the end of the Mexican Wars. The classic example of why some compromises don’t work‚ these acts satisfied no one‚ and angered just about everyone. A free California‚ a slave
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Constitution Controversy In the 1850’s‚ there was much controversy and tension over the constitution between the states and the people. It did contribute to the failure of the union because of the different interpretations of the constitution‚ the conflictions of other documents‚ and tensions of the states and people. First off‚ if everyone had one interpretation on what the constitution implied‚ then there probably would not have been a civil war. From several of the documents‚ there are arguments
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Ever since declaring its independence from Britain‚ America has developed on the foundation of compromise. Upon the drafting of the Constitution‚ the Founding Fathers were succumbed to compromise in order to incorporate the needs of the different parts of the nation. During the early eighteenth century‚ Americans achieved reconciliation of political disputes‚ predominately between the North and the South‚ through compromise. By 1860 this was no longer feasible and the nation was faced with disheartening
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war was the only option left in attempt to solve the disagreements‚ the North and South had to have a Civil War. The Fugitive Slave Act was an immediate cause of the Civil War. It was passed by the United States Congress as part of The Compromise of 1850. In this compromise‚ the North advocates gained the admission of California and the South had no states ready for admission. Therefore‚ the South was given stricter laws against slavery. The Fugitive Slave Act was introduced as a way to limit slavery
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the Underground Railroad passed slaves to freedom‚ inflaming the North with righteous anger and enraging the South over the North’s perceived theft. Californian demands for admission as a free state alarmed the South‚ which called for a convention in 1850 to decide whether or not to secede. Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and and Daniel Webster
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In addition‚ there were some major Civil War laws of the Western Expansion‚ such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest
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As time passed the rapidly changing society in the nineteenth century‚ in 1820 the north and south began to have a serious of conflicting problems that were proved unfixable by compromise. During this time‚ the north underwent major social‚ economic‚ and industrial changes known as the Antebellum Period. While the south generally clung to king cotton and slavery and remained essentially the same. This arose a manifold of controversies with how issues such as tariffs‚ slavery‚ and how land should
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APUSH November 4‚ 2013 Transcendental Movement of the 1800s Transcendentalism was a religious‚ literary‚ and social movement that occurred between 1830 and 1855. Transcendentalists “…focused on personal spiritual awakening and individual self-gained insight; they were idealistic and embraced nature as they reacted against the increasingly commercial nature of the emerging American society.” [1] The Transcendental Club‚ where this movement received its name‚ met in the Boston area during this
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free states and slave states. This compromise makes a good point in my opinion‚ because for three decades this seemed to allow hold back on the crisis of slavery and put a holt of slavery dominating the nation. The Compromise of 1850 is another important factor related to the benefits and importance of compromise in the pre-civil war era. Following the Mexican War‚ the Unite States acquired territory in the West. Yet again‚ the question whether slavery should be allowed
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