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    states and slave states. In the following essay I will go over three events that has caused problems between one other. The Compromise of 1850‚ Uncle Toms Cabin‚ and John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry I have chosen these events because these are the events that stand out to me when tensions between free states and slave states come to mind. The Compromise of 1850 included four laws. California entered the union as a free state. A stricter Fugitive Slave Law requires that escaped slaves be returned

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    deteriorate because of the dramatic economic‚ social‚ and political issues‚ such as the Compromise of 1850‚ Fugitive Slave Act‚ political leaders‚ succession attempts‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act gradually became unfeasible nearing 1860. Southern dependence on a staple crop (mostly cotton)‚ and northern industrialist society caused a contrast between the views of the north and south. While the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed pro- and anti-slavery factions to coexist for a time‚ growing

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    Sectionalism

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    Essay During the 1850’s‚ slavery‚ a southern necessity both socially and economically‚ threatened the unity of our nation. The tension’s were high between the North and South‚ and further increased as more and more factors contributed to the strain in the Union. As an outcome of these factors‚ small and big‚ sectional hatred began to arise and commenced the splitting of the nation; ultimately leading to the American Civil War. The very first issue that caused sectionalism in the 1850’s between the

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    Fugitive Slave Law. [E] by helping slaves to escape to Canada. 35. Daniel Webster’s famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in [A] a shift toward compromise in the North. [B] Senate rejection of a fugitive-slave law. [C] a movement to draft him for the presidency. [D] condemnation by northern commercial interests. [E] charges of accepting bribes. 36. In the debates of 1850‚ Senator William H. Seward‚ as a representative of the northern Young Guard‚ argued that [A] John C. Calhoun’s compromise

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    Compromise * Missouri Compromise (1820) -It didn’t allow slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except Missouri. Allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. * Compromise of 1850 ( 1850) - Admit California as a free state; uphold popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Includes Fugitive Slave Act; Settles Texas/New Mexico border disputes; Ban slave trade in Washington D.C * Kansas Nebraska Act (1854) - Divide the Kansas territory into Kansas

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    political compromises leading to the Civil War. One of these compromises was the compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 granted California the right to proceed as a free state in the union. In addition‚ this compromise established where the boarder of Texas would be‚ granted compensation to Texas for that was attained by New Mexico‚ established popular sovereignty between New Mexico and Utah. The compromise of 1850 allowed the fugitive slave law stronger and the slave trade in Washington was stopped.

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    Bleeding Kansas is a term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. The period of violence in 1854 is called‚ "The Bleeding Kansas". The Missouri Compromise was overturned and became the "Kansas-Nebraska Act. This new act would let the residents decide whether the area would become a slave state or a free state. Of all the Union States Kansas suffered the most casualties because of the issues of slavery being divided. Free-state settlers and proslavery

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    WhatistherelativesignificanceofeachtermasacauseofCivilWar? 
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"By the 1850s 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." 
Assess the validity of this statement using your knowledge of the period 1850-1861. Part III * Compromiseof1850 * Fugitive Slave Act‚ 1850 * Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ 1852 * Gadsen Purchase‚ 1853 * Kansas-Nebraska

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    Deyon Keaton Sotnick Chapter 13: Immigration‚ Expansion‚ and Sectional Conflict‚ 1840-1848 I. Introduction: After the murder of Joseph Smith‚ Brigham Young led the main body of Mormons from Illinois to a new homeland in the Great Salt Lake valley. In part‚ Young’s aim was to flee persecution by Gentiles (non-Mormons). Reasons for Mormons to head west: (1) Deseret lay outside the United States; and Smith’s murder had led many Mormons to conclude that they could no longer live along

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    in the punishment of crimes‚ whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted‚ shall be‚ and is hereby‚ forever prohibited.” It effectively divided the country by geography‚ and it indirectly splits people into a demographic. The Compromise of 1850 eventually overturned the Missouri Compromise‚ when Texas applies for statehood after the Mexican-American War. Henry Clay‚ also known as “The Great Compromiser” allowed Texas to be declared a slave state‚ by writing this. To balance out the addition

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