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    impact in technological advancement is the second half of the nineteenth-century in America. American technology and industrialization changed the life of many social groups. Some positively‚ but most negatively. The urban population felt the worst impact during this period. The New South also felt the negative effects of this period‚ and the middle-class got a little bit of both good and bad. Generally‚ in the late 1800s‚ technological advancements and industrialization had a severely negative impact

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    During the early-mid 19th century‚ many reform movements took place throughout the world‚ specifically in the United States. The main types of reform movements that took place were social‚ institutional‚ religious and abolitionist reforms. Many systems went through reformations‚ most of them putting emphasis on the idea of democracy. Social reforms such as a push for utopian societies tried to push values and morals on the dysfunctional American society‚ looking to make it a more democratic one

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    The Compromise Of 1850

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    Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was made in 1850‚ to help the problem of California being turned into a free or slave state. In order to please the North‚ it proposed California would be admitted as a free state and the slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C. In order to please the South it proposed that Congress would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico‚ and Congress would pass a stronger law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves

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    The Compromise of 1850 After the war with Mexico‚ there was a lot of unsettled business to take care of. Such as that should the territory gained from the war allow slavery‚ or should it be declared free? Or maybe the inhabitants should be allowed to choose for themselves? Also‚ California had recently petitioned Congress to enter the Union as a free state. Should this be allowed? Ever since the Missouri Compromise‚ the balance between slave states and free states had been maintained; any proposal

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    THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 A little after the Manifest Destiny‚ the U.S. faced a series of troubles of sectional balances over whether or not the land acquired should be free or slavery states. The Compromise of 1850‚ proposed by Senator Henry Clay‚ included measures that dealt with the land acquired specifically from the Mexican War. Until 1845‚ it had seemed likely that slavery would be confined to the areas where it already existed. It had been given limits by the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and

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    The Compromise of 1850 was effective for the southern states even though California was a slave free state in 1849 when California joined the union. (1) Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois managed to push this agreement for California to enter the Union as a free state but there were concessions made to slave owners about other acquisitions. (1)With this result the people in the southern states felt a relief of tension and a cause for celebration. This gave the southerners the right to retain

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    Jonathan Sacelaris Professor Crider HIS 173-01 April 1‚ 2013 The Successful Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was a successful negotiation regarding the discord between the slave owners in the South and the opponents of slavery in the North. The Compromise of 1850 included a series of five acts‚ which were aggressively debated within Congress‚ based on the dispute of slavery. Congress hoped to end the strife between the North and South by reaching an agreement that would ease tensions

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    1850s DBQ Between 1850 and 1861‚ underlying issues and events brought about discord and tension in the United States. These issues revolved around the radically different views on morality‚ from the North’s views to the South’s. The tensions stemmed from views and understandings of the Constitution’s purpose and uses being in opposition to the viewpoint of the other territory. The tensions caused by the differing beliefs were slowly built up since the American Revolution. Slavery‚ being an established

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    Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)

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    Throughout the 1800s America has changed in a lot of ways even though some were small changes some were significant America still changed. America changed socially‚ politically and technology America changed socially in so many ways. On of the ways America changed socially was during the civil war. The civil war was a war that was fought to end slavery. When slavery ended many slaves were still slaves and they still had no right to vote. Another major social change was the women’s rights

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