with each other. Document B talks about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 which states that any runaway slave should be catched and returned to their owner. This act also stated that any federal marshal or public official that refused to arrest a runaway slave would be fined and anyone who helped a runaway slave would be sentenced to jail. This document also talks about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
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passed the Compromise of 1850 which basically made California free and allowed the people to pick in Utah and New Mexico. This ability of a state to decide whether it would allow slavery was called popular sovereignty. This was controversial because the south thought that any land that was acquired in the war should be slave because of what the Missouri Compromised Act applied but popular sovereignty made the decision. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. This act
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major conflicts over slavery within the new territories. These conflicts would continue up until The Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ which would temporarily solve these issues. On top of highlighting issues regarding slavery‚ this expansion would also ultimately contribute to the economic crisis of 1819‚ which was the first major economic downfall in Americas history. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This law also prohibited slavery
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The Civil War in America‚ Cause and Consequences The Civil War in the United States of America is one of the most frequently studied wars of any in American History. This terrible war put brothers from the North against brothers from the South and the result was both awful and catastrophic. When counting the dead and wounded on both sides‚ including the destruction of houses‚ farms‚ and the livelihood of people on both sides‚ the Civil War was the most terrible and bloodiest war in American
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The Civil War was a major event that had happened‚ and was started by many different ways. This was taken place during 1840’s to the 1860’s. Controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories did contribute to the coming of the Civil War. Even though there were other contributions of the coming of the Civil War‚ the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the Civil War were mainly politically‚ economically and socially. Extension of slavery into western territories
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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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the slaves reached freedom (the North)‚ they were not required to be returned to their masters. This enraged slaveholders‚ so they took action. As a result in 1850‚ the Fugitive Slave Act was put into place. Bleeding Kansas is the period of violence during the settling of Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullified the Missouri compromise and instead used popular sovereignty. Free-state and proslavery settlers rushed into Kansas hoping to influence their opinions and ideas into the state’s decision
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accumulate duties on the tariffs. South Carolina again nullified this bill. Clay’s Compromise Clay’s Compromise was a response to the Force Bill. The compromise entailed a new tariff that slowly decreased the tariff. This caused of states that claimed nullification to back down and the United States avoided a large scale skirmish. South Carolina repeal of Nullification South Carolina decided to accept Clay’s compromise. The state repealed some of their nullifications. However‚ it displayed the differences
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1. Corrupt Bargain In the 1824 presidential election‚ there were five Democratic – Republican candidates. Andrew Jackson won 43% of the popular vote and John Quincy Adams received 30%. Jackson won 99 electoral votes and Adams won 84. Even though Jackson had more votes‚ he did not receive the majority. Adams chose Henry Clay as secretary of State and Clay persuaded House of Representatives to vote for Adams. Andrew Jackson loses. Jackson wins next election‚ brought up Corrupt bargain. Saw as cheap
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Final Examination Study Guide Notes: 1. Bring a blank examination booklet to the examination. I will exchange your booklet for one from my supply as a precautionary measure to prevent cheating. 2. You may answer the questions in any order—just make sure you mark each question clearly. 3. You will have 80 minutes to complete the exam. You should try to spend approximately 40 minutes on the essay and 8 minutes on each identification question. Part I: Essay Question (50 points)
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