Compromises played a big role in delaying the civil war. It was an attempt to slow the spread of slavery to the states up north and also to the territories in the west. It kept the nation united by trying to give everyone something they wanted‚ in order to keep them all happy. In 1850 there was an equal amount of the free states and the slave states. The territories and states did not want the government to control whether or not they were a slave state or a free state. They wanted to base the decision
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The Civil War was all the Northern States’ fault. The “issue” of slavery should not have bothered them in the first place. If someone had a problem with slavery the solution was simple: don’t own slaves. Instead‚ they tried meddling with slavery which lead to the Southern States’ secession and eventually‚ the Civil War. In my opinion‚ I think it all began with these new territories acquired from the Mexican-American war. The Northern States refused to allow slavery to enter this new land. Southern
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Was World War II inevitable in 1939? In the early hours of the 1st September 1939 German forces invaded Poland. 21 years after the end of World War I‚ the world had to face the beginning of another world war that should last 6 years. World War II was one of the most disastrous events in human history causing approximately 60 million deaths and destruction almost all over the globe (msn Encarta 2008). Winston Churchill wrote in the preface of his book about World War II (The Gathering Storm):
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The Revolutionary war is a prime example of the underdog overcoming all odds. America‚ a feeble country in comparison‚ was struggling to break the shackles tying it to England‚ the motherland. While salutary neglect was still practiced‚ America had no problem with England. But after the French and Indian war‚ which resulted in England taking more notice and interest in the colonies‚ things changed. England realized how very valuable its colonial counterpart was. Henceforth a series of laws were created
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extent was Andrew Jackson’s policy toward the Native Americans motivated by humanitarian impulses? a. Remini‚ Robert. Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars. 2001 b. Wallace‚ Anthony F.C. The Long Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians. 1993 7 Why did the North win/South lose the US Civil War? a. McPherson‚ James. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. 1988 b. Escott‚ Paul. After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism 1978 8 To what extent should Abraham Lincoln
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The Cold War was a “global; power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945 to 1991” (textbook page 511). In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union defeated Germany in World War Two. After the war was over‚ both wanted to be the leader of the world. The two countries remained allies with each other until communism began to spread in Europe. The spread of communism caused Americans to fear communism which lead to problems that affected the United States domestic
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The Civil War of Rome The Civil War in the eyes of most people is not glorious‚ but rather one of the worst crimes you could possibly commit when the state is all-important. Only under the most extreme circumstances should one be allowed to (in the eyes of the people that is) begin a Civil War with just cause. Caesar took this into consideration‚ but too many things were going wrong in Rome for him not to begin the war. The first of many problems was the collapse of the Triumvirate. The Triumvirate
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taxed the colonists for being in the French and Indian War‚ a war when the colonists fought the French and the Indians. That’s not the only thing Britain has done‚ but were the colonists justified for declaring war on Britain? Yes the American public had justification for waging war on Britain because of the way they were treated‚ the punishments they were put through and the taxes they were shot with. The colonists were justified for waging war because of the taxes they were shot with. In document
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The period of Reconstruction began immediately after the Civil War and ended in 1877. This era is known for the advancements made in favor of racial equality. These improvements included the fourteenth amendment‚ "this law guaranteed that federal and state laws would apply equally and unequivocally to both African Americans and whites" (civil-war.ws)‚ and the fifteenth amendment‚ which granted freedmen to vote. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern
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In the years leading up to the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there
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