had created this act for his own financial gain seeing as he was a director of the Central Railroad of Illinois and he wanted the train to run through Chicago. But in order to do this‚ the plains had to be settled above the line of the Missouri Compromise. Because of the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854‚ Stephen Douglas got what he wanted‚ and ultimately settled the plains in Kansas and Nebraska in order to expand business into the western territories which would lead to future economic prosperity‚ while
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states from ceding from the Union * Seceding states had no military power to seize Fort Sumter nor Fort Pickens * Buchanan sent merchant ship= conted guns fired * 1st shots between N and S The National Government * Crittenden Compromise submitted by John J. Crittenden; called for several constitutional amendments‚ which would guarantee the permanent existance of slavery in the slave states and would satisfy S demands such issues as fugitive slaves and slavery in D.C * Proposal
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Crisis Leading to the civil war there were a plethora of things that impacted the unity of the nation as a whole. Two major events that contributed to this were the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act. Both of these events changed the relationship of the nation in many ways. The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise that stated California would be admitted as a free state‚ the slave auction would end in Washington D.C‚ settlers of Mexico and Utah would decide whether it would be considered
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the 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
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Election of 1824 Jackson – president v.s. popular man JQ Adams Against general Jackson 土耳其 Clay no result pass to congress Jackson with army against politics (J.Q. Adams work with Clay) > Clay become secretary of state Jackson won the popular‚ but does not matter = According to Jackson and is supporters the election of 1824 was known as the A) Corrupt Bargain *Election of 1828 Jackson predict that he will won Jackson vs Adams Jackson won On this day in 1806
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Bleeding Kansas is a term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. The period of violence in 1854 is called‚ "The Bleeding Kansas". The Missouri Compromise was overturned and became the "Kansas-Nebraska Act. This new act would let the residents decide whether the area would become a slave state or a free state. Of all the Union States Kansas suffered the most casualties because of the issues of slavery being divided. Free-state settlers and proslavery
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main vice for freed slaves who remained in the South and wished to politically organize themselves. The creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to assist the emancipated slaves intended to serve as a sort of welfare agency. However‚ with the Compromise of 1877‚ these reforms were mostly eradicated and the ideals for equal rights among races wouldn’t return to the premise of American history for another century. After the publishing
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advocates for the compromise of 1850 and the fugitive slave laws were two candidates for president of the United States‚ Franklin Pierce from the democratic party and Winfield Scott. Although Franklin Pierce‚ the eventual winner of the election‚ wasn’t as candid about his beliefs regarding slavery‚ he was definitely opposed to civil disobedience against the fugitive slave laws. These supporters generally included northern democrats and southern Whigs. The opposition to the compromise of 1850 and the
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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 to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their border(popular sovereignty)
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Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 The main causes of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were great in number. The first was Abraham Lincoln claiming that Douglas was encouraging fears of amalgation of the races with enough success to drive thousands of people away from the Republican Party. The second was that Stephen A. Douglas was claiming that Lincoln was an abolitionist for saying that the American Declaration of Independence applied‚ in fact‚ to both blacks and whites. The third cause was
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