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    South viewed African Americans as lower human beings which justified slavery. "The 1850’s was a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible." This quote best describes this time period‚ because Americans were trying to compromise their views to prevent a large conflict‚ but there were many events which made a compromise impossible. The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850. This act required that authorities in the North had to assist southern slave catchers

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    If you were living in the 1800s would you have been for or against Washington breaking away from Oregon? If I were living in Washington Territory in the 1800’s‚ I believe I would have been for Washington breaking away from Oregon and becoming a state. I select this position‚ because of the wide division of government philosophy‚ which the two regions possessed. Washington Territory was leaned more republican‚ Oregon‚ Democratic. The favoritism and federal funding (through railroad grants and other

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    "Manifest Destiny" is a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a divinely inspired mission to expand‚ spreading its form of democracy and freedom.The phrase "Manifest Destiny" was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory‚ the Texas Annexation‚ and the Mexican Cession). Slavery‚ the exploitation of Africans for hard labor‚ was also growing vastly in popularity during

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    Vanessa Bratcher Judy Graves History 358 13 October 2010 Bibliography of Clara Brown During the time of slavery many African Americans suffered from the harsh treatment of their owners. Clara Brown was one of the many slaves that experienced separation from her loved ones‚ forced into labor and abuse. Clara Brown was born into slavery in 1803 in Spotsylvania County‚ Virginia. Brown and her mother were separated from her father when they were bought by tobacco farmer Ambrose Smith. From the

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    died in office (1784-1850) Fugitive Salve Act- provided harsh punishments for people who helped slaves run away.  It also forced people living in free states to return run-away slaves to their owners. Transcontinental Railroad- railroad network of trackage that crosses a continental landmass‚ with termini at different oceans or continental borders Kansas Nebraska Act- 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska‚ opened new lands‚ repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ and allowed

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    APUSH: DBQ ­ 1st Semester Final  DISCLAIMER: This is NOT the only way to do this essay‚ don’t take any of this as gospel. We  are people. If you disagree‚ go ahead and do it your way. That will work too. We are not  responsible for your essay‚ that is your job. We are simply here to get a headstart.    What is needed for a better DBQ  ● more analysis beyond the basic information from the documents.  ● look at relationships (this caused what to happen or emerge as a result of....) even if  the DBQ doesn’t ask you to

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    prospect. Here are three aspects to take into consideration   when planning to move together: One of the biggest fuels for arguments in a relationship is money. Another one is how the regular household maintenance will be handled. Communication and compromise will lead to a lot less stress in your new adventure together.  When you live with your couple or significant other‚ arguments over money matters can get heated to a nuclear meltdown faster than you can say Chernobyl. Make sure the two of you work

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    the topic of slavery the north believed it was wrong and it should be stopped this is why in the north there was a lot of abolitionists groups. The south would constantly say that everything they said was fake and that they are liers. This is why compromise started to break down because the U.S could not hold the balance between the slave states and the free states. The more and more the U.S would try to keep the balance the more it got difficult to control. The U.S gained the new lands gained from

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    From the beginning of American colonization progression within United States created unity along with separation. The Civil war was not inevitable because of many possibilities that could alter the country’s path. From the beginning of segregation due to issues that involved slavery it was seen that war was a possible solution. In 1619 the first slave ship was brought to Virginia beginning tension. There were many key events that were extremely important in developing the build up to the civil war

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    constitution was that of a limiting action. To answer the prompt‚ the Constitution opposed slavery. There are two key areas in the Constitution that this essay will examine. First‚ the ⅗’s compromise clause. Second‚ Article 1‚ Section 9‚ which deals with regulation of commerce. First‚ the Three-Fifths Compromise was authored to allow for ‘other persons’ to be factored into the population census‚ “... shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons‚ including those bound to service

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