documents‚ it can be incongruous. The Constitution can be interpreted in many different ways‚ which leads to sectional discord and tension. For many reasons‚ the South did not like what the constitution said. There were many conflictions with the compromise of 1850‚ map shown in (Document A) and the fugitive slave act. Certain Northerners were against slavery and the fugitive slave act that they even posted warnings for the slaves. (Document C). This fugitive slave act also helped drive the tension
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a controversial legislation that opened Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement‚ repealed the Compromise of 1850‚ and led opponents to form the Republican party.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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Caroline Simon Liz Fleischer Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period 1820-1861. I. Introduction 1. Background Information a. sectional tensions had been causing disjunction between the North and the South ever since the the country’s founding b. political compromises were supposed to fix the issues but usually only led to temporary resolving of the problems c. slavery was the cause of the sectional tensions d. while cotton was king
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well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary flow and stability of the economy along with a changing social and political climate during the period of 1820-1860. The growth of the American economy began to boom in the first portion of the nineteenth century‚ when industry and agriculture called for the increase in transportation technology. Transportation alone did not improve the economy in America; a combination
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The Great Divide The issue of slavery was discussed in many ways. People talked about the morality of the institution (or lack thereof)‚ the economics of slavery‚ and the political issues that came about because of it. No matter how it was discussed‚ the North and South could not agree. Northerners thought Southerners were corrupting the soul of America‚ and Southerners thought Northerners were hypocrites. No matter which way they looked at slavery‚ the North and South had two antithetical
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The Civil War was one of the main wars in the American history‚ which had drastic effects including the death of a huge amount of Americans‚ reconstruction‚ Carpetbaggers‚ and Jim Crow Laws. I believe that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery and not the state rights. There were various causes of the slavery but the expansion of slavery was the core issue which had increased the tensions between the North and South America. This is because as the North had growing industrialization
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to westward expansion and there was an average number 2 to 6 inhabitants per square mile. The problem was whether or not slavery would be allowed in the new western states discussed in every conversation about the frontier. In 1820‚ the Missouri Compromise (F)
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DBQ # 2 Nationalism v. Sectionalism “Era of Good Feelings” The years following the War of 1812 became known as the “era of good feelings”. During this time you see the expansion of nationalism within the United States. It started mainly in the 1816 shortly before Monroe took office‚ and lasted until the end of his Presidency in the year of 1824. Before the “era of good feelings” there were certain events taking place that will lead up to this era. The first of these is the acquired land
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the impact of any of the presidents of that era‚ with the exception of Andrew Jackson. There was one issue effecting the nation throughout their time in power — slavery. They were all successful in keeping peace in America by forging a series of compromises. The next generation’s leaders were not so successful. The Gold Rush led to the rapid settlement of California which resulted in it quickly becoming the 31st state. Southerners recognized that California would be the 16th free state‚ giving the
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the political aspects of it. Legal arguments and defenses were used more frequently than any means of support. The largest attempts to save slavery came through compromises. Many famous compromises aroused during the 19th century over slavery and the territories. The compromise that stands out more than any other was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which stated that any new territory above 36°30" would be free‚ and any territory south of that line would be slave. This settled the argument of slavery
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