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    Stephen Douglas

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    the North vs. South debate on slavery. He was afraid the nation would be divided. Douglas felt that the population of a state should decide if it has slavery or not. This is called popular sovereignty. Stephen helped Henry Clay pass the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise admitted California as a Free State and gave Utah and New Mexico popular sovereignty. Douglas also had other thoughts on his mind. “In 1854‚ Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois saw an opportunity to run for the presidency‚ and he wanted

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    From the beginning of American colonization progression within United States created unity along with separation. The Civil war was not inevitable because of many possibilities that could alter the country’s path. From the beginning of segregation due to issues that involved slavery it was seen that war was a possible solution. In 1619 the first slave ship was brought to Virginia beginning tension. There were many key events that were extremely important in developing the build up to the civil war

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    Pre-Civil War Apush

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    The 1850s were a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible. The Union was becoming divided through many events in the time leading into the Civil War. The North and South had too many hostilities to account for. Socially‚ the North and the South could not stand what the other would do or say with anything. Politically‚ the government was completely divided and undecided. And economically‚ the South began to prosper as the North began to struggle. Thus‚ during the 1850s‚ socially

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    The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a controversial legislation that opened Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement‚ repealed the Compromise of 1850‚ and led opponents to form the Republican party. This piece of legislation was introduced in Congress that revived the issues of the expansion of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures passed by Congress to resolve sectional tensions. Congress admitted California to the Union as a free state. And organize the territories of New Mexico

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    Slave Act was put into place‚ this Slave Act gave the goverments the power to seize and return escaped slaves and had penalties for anyone who tried to help the slaves escape. The resistance of the act later led to the aprovale of the Slave Act of 1850 which gave more aid to seizing and returning run away slaves and made punishments for anyone who tried to help the runaway slaves harsher. In 1864 both of the Slave Act laws were repealed by

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    Unit 5 Apush study guide

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    not a result of reconstruction Election of the blacks 15. Which of the following was not a result of the compromise of 1877 The democrats took back the house and senate 16. Which of the following best describes the situation in Kansas in the 1850s Led to

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    Boyer Dbq Teacher Guide

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    Using the DBQ Practice Questions from The Enduring Vision‚ Sixth Edition A Teachers’ Guide Ray Soderholm Minnetonka High School Minnetonka‚ Minnesota Using the DBQ Practice Questions from The Enduring Vision‚ 6th Edition A Teachers’ Guide This guide is intended to suggest some possible ways that students may organize essays related to the document-based questions in the Advanced Placement version of The Enduring Vision‚ 6th Edition‚ and to provide teachers with some information on each included

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    Celia A Slave Analysis

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    By 1850‚ during the time of Celia’s trial‚ Missouri had already been the focus of the national slavery debate for a while‚ and because the many key problems of the slave debate were unsettled by the Missouri Compromise‚ many residents of agriculture-based

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    The United States as a whole was divided before the Civil War‚ over the dispute of whether slavery should be allowed or not after the Mexican American war ended in 1848. After the Mexican American war citizens of the North and the South began to dispute the issue of slavery and tensions started to rise. There were many things proposed that were proposed to help the dispute over slavery such as the Wilmot Provisio which would close off California‚ Utah and New Mexico off from slavery. However it

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    later with the Mexican War‚ the question of whether new states admitted to the union would be slave or free. The Missouri Compromise passed in 1820 made a rule that prohibited slavery in states from the former Louisiana Purchase. The Compromise of 1850

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