Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas created a bill known as the Kansas-Nebraska act which would repeal the Missouri Compromise that banned slavery from spreading into new territories. Following this‚ a group of Anti-Slavery congressmen decided to refuse this‚ issuing the Appeal of the Independent Democrats. They stated that southerners were only seeking the repeal the Missouri Compromise in order to expand their “peculiar institution.” When this bill became law‚ it shattered the Democratic Party’s unity
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The Civil War was a major event that had happened‚ and was started by many different ways. This was taken place during 1840’s to the 1860’s. Controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories did contribute to the coming of the Civil War. Even though there were other contributions of the coming of the Civil War‚ the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the Civil War were mainly politically‚ economically and socially. Extension of slavery into western territories
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the topic of slavery the north believed it was wrong and it should be stopped this is why in the north there was a lot of abolitionists groups. The south would constantly say that everything they said was fake and that they are liers. This is why compromise started to break down because the U.S could not hold the balance between the slave states and the free states. The more and more the U.S would try to keep the balance the more it got difficult to control. The U.S gained the new lands gained from
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began to occur it was a disputed topic on whether territories were able to have slavery or not. The Compromise of 1850 somewhat made the situation clearer by stating which territories could and could not have slavery‚ but popular sovereignty made this compromise not as useful because pro and against slave populations moved into the territory just to declare slave or slave free. Although the compromise stated where slavery was allowed it did not help clarify who or what could be consider a slave because
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to Mid-1800’s Throughout American history‚ African Americans fought to establish their own culture. Even though they were silenced by white laws and stereotypes‚ African Americans created their own distinct culture‚ to a certain extent from 1800 to 1860. By mixing their African American traditions and Christian ideas‚ they formed a religion‚ their own version of Christianity. African American rebellions‚ though small and infrequent‚ were used to express their beliefs on slavery and add to their distinct
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culturally different for a compromise to work. The south believed slavery was an essential part of their economy and often advocated for strong state’s rights. The north was steadily industrializing with the increasing textile mills and growing urban population as well as beginning to see the horrors of slavery. The limits of the fragilely strung together Union were tested in the expansion westward and eventually some southern states began to secede. Compromises such as the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas
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Destiny The expansion of the United States from its thirteen original colonies to the nation it is today was a very extensive process‚ involving numerous wars and treaties. The greatest one of these expansion periods occurred from the 1830s to the 1860s‚ largely due to the idea of Manifest Destiny‚ the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent to the Pacific coast. This development played a major role in dividing the North and the South by contributing to contrasting
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expansion of slavery into new territories and states was the most contentious issue of the day. The Northern and Southern wings of both the Democrats and the Whigs adopted particular positions on such controversies as the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850 that kept the public looking to the political realm for solutions. But that political status quo fell apart as both the slavery issue and nativism could not be contained within the Second Party system. While the author views this development
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Sample DBQ Period 3 In the years of 1830-1860‚ there were many conflicts on the views of slavery within our country. The North was working to bring an end to slavery with the creation of the routes to free slaves. The South was enthusiastic about the continuation of slavery with the help of the courts. The conflicts were put on hold with many compromises‚ but were dismantled by future legislation leading to bloodshed in America. The North wanted to abolish slavery. With the support of newspapers
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The American Civil War was the bloodiest American War‚ which placed brother against brother and tested the will of the Union. There were many causes to the breakup of the Union in 1860 to1861‚ but there are three that stood out the most. Many people believe that the Civil War was a war fought solely over slavery‚ but the reality was it was fought on several fronts. The three main causes were: the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ the decision of the Dred Scott case‚ and the South’s cultural influenced
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