WhatistherelativesignificanceofeachtermasacauseofCivilWar? Summary: "By the 1850s the Constitution‚ originally framed as an instrument of national unity‚ had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it has created." Assess the validity of this statement using your knowledge of the period 1850-1861. Part III * Compromiseof1850 * Fugitive Slave Act‚ 1850 * Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ 1852 * Gadsen Purchase‚ 1853 * Kansas-Nebraska
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causes and some of them were immediate causes. The long term causes were the problems that seemed to never be solved between the North and South. Slavery for instance was a long term problem because it was never completely solved; however continuous compromises were made between both sides‚ but the disagreements would not disappear. On the other hand‚ the immediate causes were the problems in which guaranteed that the North and South would have a Civil War. These causes include The Fugitive Slave Act‚
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the Underground Railroad. In the Compromise of 1850‚ a Fugitive Slave Law was put into effect. This law made Americans help find runaway slaves. This law eventually had people search for Harriet Tubman because of her significant help with the escaping of slaves. This law was resented by the Northerners and caused conflict between the North and South. In 1854‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act that repealed the Missouri Compromise (Doc. 5). The Missouri Compromise was an agreement that allowed the
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Lincoln in his first Inaugural speech‚ delivered on March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of many new changes such as; California becoming a state‚ popular sovereignty being settled in States like Utah and New Mexico‚ banning of slavery in D.C and
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Slave Act was put into place‚ this Slave Act gave the goverments the power to seize and return escaped slaves and had penalties for anyone who tried to help the slaves escape. The resistance of the act later led to the aprovale of the Slave Act of 1850 which gave more aid to seizing and returning run away slaves and made punishments for anyone who tried to help the runaway slaves harsher. In 1864 both of the Slave Act laws were repealed by
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peaceful‚ nonpartisan solution impossible? Was a policy of moderation doomed to fail? Would it have made much difference whether the nation was led by moderates or fanatics? 2. Repeated sectional compromises‚ in 1820‚ 1833‚ and 1850‚ held the Union together and averted civil war. Why did compromise fail in 1860(1861? Civil War (30 points) 3. How did the Civil War affect each of the following: northern factory
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overcome the sectional disputes that were remaining in the aftermath of 1850‚ trying to do so to organize the territories between Mississippian river and the pacific coast. His main goal was to overcome all the debates about the future of slavery. His solution was Popular sovereignty‚ this meant that the citizens of each new territory would decide whether slavery was permitted. This violated the principle of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that said all the Louisiana purchased north to the southern boundary
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Throughout history many governments have had a strong hold on the economy and their practices. Slavery was a very inhuman practice that greatly affected the US. Back during The New Nation Era‚ not even the government could resist against the practice of slavery. The institution of slavery was stronger than the US government. The institution became so bound to the government that their had to be underlying roots to how slavery started‚ due to how strong this bond was‚ and what it took to destroy it
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Perhaps the three most influential men in the pre-Civil War era were Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster. These men all died nearly a decade before the civil war began‚ but they didn’t know how much they would effect it. States’ rights was a very controversial issue‚ and one which had strong opposition and radical proposals coming from both sides. John C. Calhoun was in favor of giving states the power to nullify laws that they saw unconstitutional‚ and he presented this theory in his
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Gag Rule‚ a series of rules adopted by Congress in order to prevent antislavery petitions. Slavery became a huge focus politically. Not only did the Wilmot Proviso make slavery a politically huge discussion‚ but it also was a step towards the Compromise of 1850. Lastly‚ the Wilmot Proviso caused the tension between the North and the South to increase‚ because the South depended on slavery the Proviso would prohibit slavery to expand to the newly gained territories‚ resulting in much more power for
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