Sectional Balance and the Underground Railroad Know: Underground Railroad‚ Harriet Tubman 32. "The South was in a politically weak position in the 1850’s." Assess this statement. Twilight of the Senatorial Giants Know: Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ Daniel Webster 33. What effect did Webster’s speech have? Deadlock and Danger on Capitol Hill Know:
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Scott’s Decision‚ and John Brown’s Raid. The 1850 Compromise was the earliest cause of the Civil War. Henry Clay proposed the 1850 Compromise to solve slavery‚ as the nation is growing larger. There was a new fugitive slave act in 1850 to appease the South‚ as California entered as a free state to appease the North. Abolitionist Daniel Webster will compromise but former slave John C Calhoun will
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In addition‚ there were some major Civil War laws of the Western Expansion‚ such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest
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Unit 4: ID Terms Ch.13-15 1. National-Republicans: They became the Whig party during Jackson’s second term. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay guided this party in the 1830s. They were the Jeffersonian Republicans‚ along with numerous former Federalists who believed that the national government should advocate economic development. They were united by their opposition of Jackson’s policies‚ committed to Clay’s American System and believed in active intervention by the government to change society
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Causes Of Civil War As members of the Futurist of America Association‚ we have been assigned to look specifically at the cause of the American Civil #War. There are five aspects that could of led to the Civil War and they are Westward Movement‚ Social Change‚ Froeign Policy Development‚ Government/Politics Development‚ and Economic Development. Out of the five aspects‚ Economic Development is the best reason for the eventual Civil War. First‚ Westward Movement could of led to American
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capability the current parties had to please the people on the issues. This led to the fall of the second party system. 2. The Compromise of 1850 was a response to the issues with slavery and the proposed succession of many southern states. Henry Clay was the head of this compromise and believed it had to resolve all the issues or the compromise would not survive. So in an effort to do this‚ he combined all the proposals into one proposal and sent it to the legislature. It covered‚ California’s
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Senator Henry Clay Maine admitted as a free state (#23) Missouri admitted as a slave state (#24) slavery prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30’ Thursday‚ November 3‚ 2011 The Missouri Compromise Thursday‚ November 3‚ 2011 The Nullification Crisis and the Compromise of 1833 The “Tariff of Abominations” (1828) was passed to protect northern industries‚ which outraged southerners who had to pay higher prices for goods. Vice President John C. Calhoun secretly authors
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Name: |Date: | |Graded Assignment Practice: DBQ Prep: Political Cartoons Your Assignment Read the pages in your textbook that relate to this topic. The readings associated with this lesson can be found in America: A Narrative History. In America: A Narrative History‚ you will: •read the chapter about Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Answer the questions relating to the political cartoons provided. What You Turn In You will turn in your answers to the questions asked about
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states. Henry Clay‚ U.S. senator from Kentucky‚ was determined to find a solution. In 1820 he had resolved a fiery debate over the spread of slavery with his Missouri Compromise. Now‚ thirty years later‚ the matter surfaced again within the walls of the Capitol. But this time the stakes were higher as it was going to keep the union from falling apart. There were a few issues at hand during this time in 1850 that brought on the whole compromise. First off‚ the U.S. had
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Westward Expansion and Sectionalism (1840-1861) At the end of the Mexican War during Polk’s term as president‚ many new lands west of Texas were yielded to the United States‚ and the debate over the westward expansion of slavery was rekindled. Southern politicians and slave owners demanded that slavery be allowed in the West because they feared that a closed door would spell doom for their economy and way of life. Whig Northerners‚ however‚ believed that slavery should be banned from the new territories
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