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    “Where slavery is‚ liberty cannot be; and where liberty is‚ slavery cannot be‚”said abraham lincoln.The Missouri compromise‚ Uncle tom’s cabin‚ and The dred scott decision were all causes of the Civil War. The Civil War was fought was over slavery. The Missouri Compromise was one reason for the beginning of the Civil War.In 1820‚ Missouri wanted to join as a slave state but if the state was accepted then there would be more slave states then free states.The Missouri compromise was worked out between

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    Antonio P History 11 January 29‚ 1820 Slaves welcome here‚ slave not wanted there. Man‚ it’s a tough one trying to achieve what is best. How can everyone be happy if a solution cannot be reach here in Missouri? Across this whole world‚ there are those states that perhaps love working these black folks night and day. This is not right. I must find a solution to all this! Something must be done‚ who knows what will people want in the new vast territory we have just acquired. Will the territory

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    Harriet Tubman: One of the most influential and essential woman of the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad‚ but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy‚ or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era‚ although espionage could have existed long before the civil war. Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad

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    He comes to us‚ too‚ as the Great Emancipator who headed the North off to Civil War to free the slaves and subsequently offered his kindred Southerners a delicate and forgetting hand. Lincoln was the man who headed the slaves into the common war and eventually liberated them from the Southerners‚ whom he’d lended a hand after the war. This is the generally speaking perspective of Lincoln‚ which isn’t fully accurate‚ and is demonstrated to not be totally right however history‚ demonstrating that he

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    James Polk who was president at the time pushed for us to get land from the Mexicans. When Polk sent someone to offer 25 million max to buy it they refused‚ so he later sent troops under Zachary Taylor to the disputed border of Texas and Mexico. The Mexicans were angered by this and fighting broke out which led Polk to declare war on Mexico. All of the fighting could have been prevented had James Polk and his need of Manifest Destiny taken over. Most Americans supported the war but some in the north

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    The book consisted mostly of firsthand accounts of slaves escaping to freedom. These accounts were organized by state. In addition to the firsthand accounts‚ the author also wrote various types of information in the beginning of each section. Some of these were things such as what the feelings were towards slaves in that state‚ general information about the Underground Railroad in that state‚ and well-known abolitionists from that state or region. The book contained many narratives of slaves escaping

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    The Confederacy was established in 1860‚ after South Carolina first seceded from the union‚ followed by Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. This was one of the reasons that started the Civil War in America. The Confederacy had the same laws as the Union‚ however‚ the Union was much more industrialized‚ while the Confederacy still relied on farms and slave labor (Confederacy). This led to the common thought that the Confederacy is racist‚ which caused hatred for the Confederate

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    Harriet Tubman was Born from enslaved parents in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Harriet was Originally named Arminta Harriet Ross. Harriet Lived a tough life‚ even Physical violence was a part of Harriet and her family’s daily life. Harriet suffered very badly in her young years from physical violence‚ Which caused permanent physical injuries. As Harriet grew older she didn’t run into many physical encounters much‚ But harriet later encountered a particular day when she was lashed five times before

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    The American Civil War was the bloodiest war this country has ever seen. It followed numerous events that caused separation between the North and South‚ including the Mexican-American War‚ Missouri Compromise‚ and Kansas-Nebraska Act. As the country expanded west‚ debates arose over slavery in new states. Countless compromises acted as the stitches holding the two halves of the country together. Sadly‚ nothing could keep the two vastly different parts of the country from breaking apart. The Mexican-American

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    The Great Compromise The Great Compromise was a debate during the Constitution Convention on determining on how many representatives of each state should have under the new governments law making branch. This is known as being one of the most important debates in American history because of the foundation it laid for what our legislative government is today. Originally‚ Congress would be seen as a 1 chamber with only a certain number of representatives per state. The debate was how many representatives

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