after the Civil War. Written in 1863‚ it proclaimed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of its voters in the 1860 election pledged their allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by emancipation‚ and then formally erect their state governments. This plan was very lenient to the South‚ would have meant an easy reconstruction. 1860 Elections served as the 3rd Vice President of the United States. Member of the Republicans and President of the Senate during his
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daughter. He then returned to Salem due to financial pressures. “Him losing his job turned out to be a blessing as he had the time to write some of his best works”. Such as The Scarlet Letter‚ The House of Seven Gables‚ and The Birthdale Romance. In 1860‚ he published The Marble Faun‚ our old home‚ and later went on a tour with Franklin
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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or continental borders Kansas Nebraska Act- 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska‚ opened new lands‚ repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries Pottawatomie Massacre- reaction to the sacking of Lawrence (Kansas) by pro-slavery forces‚ John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers
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slippery slope to civil war”1. After this act was passed Kansas was called “Bleeding Kansas” because many anti‚ and pro slavery protesters argued and fought over the future of their state. Douglas’s Kansas-Nebraska scheme contradicted the Missouri compromise of 1820 and this resulted in “Many southerners who had not conceived of Kansas as slave soil rose to the bait. Here was a chance to gain one more slave state. The
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extension of slavery into the new territories‚ evasion of the issue became increasingly difficult. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the issue by establishing the 36° 30’ parallel as the line separating free and slave territory in the Louisiana Purchase. Conflict resumed‚ however‚ when the United States boundaries were extended westward to the Pacific. The Compromise Measures of 1850 provided for the admission of California as a free state and the organization of two new territoriesUtah
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In post 1820’s the Southern regions of America diffused free labor‚ cotton trade‚ and plantation farms towards the westward expansion. Land development denoted a greater acceptance of slavery and offered large profits for those who involved in the trade. This lead to the Southern region’s prominent political presence and the beginning of a slave society. An integral element to the Southern American culture. By 1830 cotton fields expanded from the Atlantic seaboard to Texas. Consequently‚ cotton
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them the right to nullify a standing federal law. 4. The Cotton Gin was the first machine that separated the actual cotton from the cotton seeds of the plant. Cotton production greatly increased in the south. 5. The Compromise of 1850 ended the Mexican-American War. 6. The Compromise of 1850 called for California to enter the Union as a free state‚ had the people in New Mexico and Utah decide if they wanted slavery in their state‚ had the slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.‚ and passed the Fugitive
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Yokas Evaluate the extent to which political compromise contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change concerning sectional tntions in the period of 1820-1861. Sectional tensions had always existed in America‚ however during the period of 1820-1861 differences in the North and South became so serious that the nation was on the verge of division. There were many attempts at compromise‚ including the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850‚ but to no affect. Disunion and division
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UNITED STATES HISTORY OUTLINES These outlines will make up the bulk of your work outside of the classroom. They are organized to cover the major issues of an era or a president’s terms. They take a significant amount of time to finish‚ but are usually the only assignment for a particular week. PROCRASTINATION WILL LEAD TO ALL-NIGHTERS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE COURSE REQUIRES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. Word to the wise‚ do a little each night. PURPOSE 1.The seemingly trivial identifications
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Southerners. Three events that inflamed tensions between the North and South included the Compromise of 1850‚ the publishment of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚” and the election of 1860. The Civil War lasted about 4 years‚ and that was because the North and South had differing opinions on slavery. The first event that I believe lead to the beginning of the Civil War was the Compromise of 1850. For many years‚ the Missouri Compromise was put into place‚ where an imaginary line was drawn at 36‚ 30 degrees North. Anything
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