Political compromise in the later years of the Ante-Bellum Period‚ specifically from 1820-1861‚ are crucial when speaking in terms of causes of the Civil War. Though the government and politics of such tried fiercly to reduce sectionalist tensions‚ in the end they were unsuccessful. Out of all the reasons- political and not- the four things within those years that strike most as failures of the government are the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Wilmot Proviso of 1848‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act of
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Notions of freedom differed widely between the North and the South‚ mostly on the issue of slavery. This became such a difficult issue that Parties were split‚ the differences between parties grew much larger‚ and the North and the South were divided along geographical lines on slavery. James Shannon describes this when he says “Besides‚ were it at all allowable to apply ridicule to subjects involving such momentous issues‚ it might justly be called supremely and contemptibly ridiculous to characterize
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interactions have been constructed. As for the North and the South‚ they exhibited their differences before the 1860’s‚ and it was from their clashing viewpoints that started the Civil War. However‚ this war did more than prove their contrasting goals‚ as it showed the diversities between the two. Politically and economically‚ the North and South changed dramatically due to the Civil War. Right after the election of President Abraham Lincoln‚ the South instantly withdrew from the Union. It is evident
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In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860? Between the 1820s and the 1860s‚ advances were being made in leaps and bounds‚ especially in transportation. From the invention of the cotton gin to interchangeable parts‚ mechanical advancements began to take effect. However‚ Americans were still walking on unprepared ground and taking longer to reach from point A to point B. Because of this boom in technology
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preceded the Civil War‚ the North’s free society enabled industrialization. The free states produced 97% of the country’s firearms and 93% of its pig iron (Wandrei‚ 2018). The opportunities of industrialization attracted European immigrants and led to the building of major cities in the North. By 1860‚ the population stood at 23 million compared to the South’s nine million. By contrast‚ 80 percent of Southerners were employed in agriculture‚ compared to just 40 percent in the North. The South’s slave
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wrong‚ are willing to learn from their mistakes‚ for the sake that they will be able to move on forward from what they learned. The North and the south are like a teacher and student‚ the North can teach the South as a student how lead the reconstruction era for it to become successful however‚ its up to the South as the student to see what they think is best. As so the South did act foolish and led to many missed out opportunities for its lands to become successful with allowing the blacks to live as
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made successful war against a nation of mechanics”‚ William Tecumseh Sherman explains to his southern friend about how the Confederate army was destine to be defeated by the Union. The American Civil War was a dark time in American history caused by the main issue of slavery‚ which lead to other issues relating to states’ rights‚ economy‚ and tariffs. The North defeated the South which led to roughly 4 million slaves gaining their freedom. The Union army was victorious in the war due to their industrial
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American Antislavery 1820-1860 The antebellum American antislavery movement began in the 1820s and was sustained over 4 decades by organizations‚ publications‚ and small acts of resistance that challenged the legally protected and powerful institution of slavery and the more insidious enemy of black equality‚ racism. Abolitionists were always a radical minority even in the free states of the North‚ and the movement was never comprised of a single group of people with unified motivations‚ goals
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What was the compromise of 1850? The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance. What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? The passage of this Act along with slaveholding rights in Texas allowed California to enter the union as a free state and prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia. a.What was the
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to a plethora of locations‚ most notably North and South America. These slaves would go on to form their own individualized communities within their bondage and shape the very countries that had enslaved them in the 18th and 19th centuries. Slaves in North and South America played similar roles but developed independently of each other and thus shaped their own individual social‚ economic‚ and political advances. African Slaves living in North and South America
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