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    The Civil War in America‚ Cause and Consequences The Civil War in the United States of America is one of the most frequently studied wars of any in American History. This terrible war put brothers from the North against brothers from the South and the result was both awful and catastrophic. When counting the dead and wounded on both sides‚ including the destruction of houses‚ farms‚ and the livelihood of people on both sides‚ the Civil War was the most terrible and bloodiest war in American

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    When the founding fathers drafted the Constitution of the United States of America‚ the convention became divided over the continuation of slavery within the nation. Northern delegates‚ who already detested the institution on moral grounds‚ were further opposed to it due to added concessions to southern states (Document 1). One concession allowed for slaves to be counted as three-fifths of a person for representational purposes‚ and therefore gave the South an advantage in the House of Representatives

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    Canada. Established in the early 1800s and aided by people involved in the Abolitionist Movement‚ the underground railroad helped thousands of slaves escape bondage. By one estimate‚ 100‚000 slaves escaped from bondage in the South between 1810 and 1850. Aiding them in their flight was a system of safe houses and abolitionists determined to free as many slaves as possible‚ even though such actions violated state laws and the United States

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    As a country we know that there are many reasons and situations that started the civil war. However‚ many continue to debate over the ultimate causes of the Civil War. James McPherson wrote that‚ " The Civil War started because of the uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states (civilwar.org). After Lincoln won the election in 1860 he was the first Republican pledging

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    Goal 1 & 2: The Nation’s Early Beginnings (1789-1840) 1. Who was the first President? 2. What is a precedent? 3. What group did Washington create to advise him? 4. What two important pieces of legislation did the 1st Congress pass? 5. Who wanted to create a national bank? 6. What powers would be used to create a national bank? 7. How did the U.S. react to the latest British and French war? 8. What precedent for future Presidents did Washington set at his retirement? 9. What two things did

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    end in disunion.” Since Senator Calhoun was pro slavery‚ he argue that slavery was the cause for the North and the South to separate‚ as mentioned in the quote‚ and have conflicts with each other. Document B talks about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 which states that any runaway slave should be catched and returned to their owner. This act also stated that any federal marshal or public official that refused to arrest a runaway slave would be fined and anyone who helped a runaway slave would be

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    1987 DBQ The misinterpretation and different views of what was stated in the Constitution contributed to the sectional discord‚ tension and failure of the Union. The Constitution was written almost a century before all these problems occurred‚ they could not have foreseen such issues back then. Although the Constitution was written very well for that time period‚ it does unfortunately contribute to the failing of the Union. The Constitution was written so it could be interpreted differently by

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    slavery in that territory. Of course there was going to be some tension between all the people‚ and tension leads to fights and arguments. Fights and arguments lead to wars‚ civil wars! The next cause is the Fugitive Slave Act. This was a law passed in 1850 stating that every runaway slave must be captured and turned back in to its master. I think that this is a cause of the civil war because some slaves were actually free. So if there was a black person somewhere where black people usually aren’t then

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    Summary Of The Compromise

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    Summary of Source The Compromise entailed the division of the Northern and Southern states‚ that was proposed by the Henry Clay to the Senate and had occurred after the appeal of the Missouri Compromise and Compromise Tariff of 1832. He wanted to decentralize the act of using nationalistic pride with territory and statesmen. Clay wanted the North and South to come to an agreement with each other without ruining the nation. He initiated his speech by giving a synopsis of what a negotiation incorporates

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    For test five be sure to know about: 1. Lucy Stone 2. Abby Kelley 3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton 4. Lucretia Mott 5. Angelina Grimké 6. Reform communities 7. Shakers 8. New Harmony 9. The American Temperance Society 10. Institution building 11. Jails 12. Poorhouses 13. Asylums 14. Orphanages 15. What the proliferation of new institutions during the antebellum era demonstrated 16. Horace Mann 17. Public schools 18. The American Colonization Society 19. Liberia 20. An Appeal

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