Kansas-Nebraska Act c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad A. 1852 B. 1854 C. 1850 D. 1831 A. The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin gave people a look at the lives of slaves and made it personal to the reader. Giving the North a greater sense of opposition to Slavery. B. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was put into place to allow the two territories to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery. This led to Kansas being a free state. C. The Compromise of 1850 was 5 laws passed
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led them west. In the beginning of westward expansion‚ the issue of slavery in the newly settles territory became an important and dividing political issue. The Missouri Compromise tried to reach an agreement between the North and South‚ admitting Maine as a free state‚ but Missouri as a slave state. Although the Missouri Compromise was unsuccessful in satisfying the North and South‚ it was important in that it marked the boundary for slavery in the territory
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the 1850s” and “The Rise of Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War.” After reading “The Fall of their Country” it seems like it is a much more concise and direct version of his ideas which appeals to students and casual readers as well as historians and scholars due to not only being a mere 127 pages but also because it drives its points home. He gives a wonderful summary of the territorial debates in Congress starting with the Missouri Compromise then
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the northern United States and increase in the Lower United State including Texas. The United States was divided on slavery and the Norther States abolished slavery while the southern states embraced it. The northern states above the Missouri Compromise of 1820 did not allow slavery. The United States economy played an important role in slavery were it either strengthened or weakened it. The northern states did not have a strong agricultural business due to the type of hard and rocky soil that
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01/06/2011 The Road to War 1. Sectional Armistice of 1850 President Taylor adopted a form of popular sovereignty when dealing with the issue of slavery. He essentially made California a free state. a. Proposal (clay) i. Henry Clay was very weary of this crisis. He created a new compromise that challenged Taylor’s leadership of the Whig party. ii. In January of 1850‚ Clay got Daniel Webster to support him in creating a new comprehensive settlement to all
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solidify a combination of highly sensitive political forces into a strong and compelling movement. This new political party‚ with its history changing platform‚ arose out of a long and complex sequence of events. In the 1850s America’s culture was crumbling. Decades of political compromise and avoidance on the issue of slavery had kept an uneasy peace. The Mexican-American war added over 500‚000 square miles to the U.S. and rekindled sectional competition for slave versus non-slave territory. Ralph
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of political debates in the year 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln challenged Douglas in a campaign for one of Illinois’ two United States Senate seats. Lincoln did lose the election‚ but arguably these debates are what led him to his presidency. There are three aspects of these debates that I would like to cover here and they are the causes‚ contents‚ and results. Stephen A. Douglas was a member of Congress
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Economic Development is the best reason for the eventual Civil War. First‚ Westward Movement could of led to American Civil War because of the Louisiana Purchase‚ Wilmont Proviso‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Popular Sovereignity‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Missouri Compromise‚ "Bleeding Kansas"‚ California Gold Rush‚ Manifest Destiny‚ and the Mistreatment of Native Americans. The Louisiana Purchase was done by President Jefferson because he wanted to doubled the size of the United States and to get control
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As with all great conflicts in history‚ it was not one factor but rather a multitude of issues that led to the breakdown of compromise during the 19th century and eventually to the Civil War. The government of the period was entirely content to sweep the issue of slavery under the rug‚ contrasting sharply with the strongly polar feelings of the nation‚ with the South wanting to expand the ‘peculiar institution’ and the North beginning to see it as a moral dilemma. The combination of these contradictory
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Part I Point Possible: 80 Of the following three questions‚ answer two of your choice. 1. In an 1845 editorial about Texas Annexation‚ newspaper editor John O’Sullivan argued that it was the "manifest design of providence" that the United States occupy all territory in the continent. Manifest Destiny‚ as the concept came to be known‚ swept proponents enthusiastically into its wake and left others concerned about the future. Go to Manifest Destiny (Links to an external site.) at PBS Online. Read its
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