The political compromise during the period of 1820 to 1860 was unable to reduce sectional tension during this time period. According to Tom Meltzer and Jean H. Bennett‚ in their book CRACKING THE AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM‚ “The new period of expansion resulted in a national debate over slavery‚ as would every period of expansion to follow until the Civil War resolved the slavery question.” The Missouri Compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and… were just a quick fix for the inevitable to come‚ the civil
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Compromise * Missouri Compromise (1820) -It didn’t allow slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except Missouri. Allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. * Compromise of 1850 ( 1850) - Admit California as a free state; uphold popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Includes Fugitive Slave Act; Settles Texas/New Mexico border disputes; Ban slave trade in Washington D.C * Kansas Nebraska Act (1854) - Divide the Kansas territory into Kansas
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Resolving disputes threw compromise no longer seemed possible. These dispute took place in the United States during 1820-1860. Some political disputes such as Slavery‚ political leaders‚ and successions of states made it hard for compromise. Slavery is one of the main disputes that were not compromised. Northerners thought that slavery was wrong while southerners thought that slavery was needed. Northerners wanted to end slavery as quick as possible. Slavery goes against god’s law and should
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 In November of 1818‚ Missouri petitioned Congress for statehood and ignited a controversy over slavery and a balance of power in the Senate that would span two sessions of Congress and threaten the dissolution of the Union and a civil war. Prior to the Missouri question‚ the Union had eleven Free states and eleven slave states‚ each with two Senators. The Missouri Territory‚ carved out of land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ covered an expanse of land
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The 1820 Missouri Compromise Slavery and the Civil War By Stephen Waters Research Task- Describe the role of the 1820 Missouri Compromise in the campaign against slavery! The 1820 Missouri Compromise played a large role in the campaign against slavery. In 1819 Missouri became a statehood and congress considered framing a state constitution‚ with this a representative attempted to add a anti-slavery legislation with it. This is what started the process of the campaign against slavery
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AP U.S. History December 3‚ 2013 Analysis of the Compromise Breakdown from 1820 to 1860 Time periods of American history are analyzed closely to the extent that it is essential to understand the motives and basis for future events and to recognize social patterns. Among events that have affected the United States‚ immigrations‚ wars and political dispute are three of the chief categories that most directly affect the state of the nation as well as each other. The war class has been easily liked
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Political compromise in the later years of the Ante-Bellum Period‚ specifically from 1820-1861‚ are crucial when speaking in terms of causes of the Civil War. Though the government and politics of such tried fiercly to reduce sectionalist tensions‚ in the end they were unsuccessful. Out of all the reasons- political and not- the four things within those years that strike most as failures of the government are the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Wilmot Proviso of 1848‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act of
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Amr Sadek November 4‚ 2012 U.S. History In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860? Development in transportation helped each area of the United States. Those areas were the South‚ North and the new west. Transportation helped each area develop economically and socially. Transportation helped by making the South making money by sending cotton to the north so they can manufacture clothes. This helped
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The Antebellum Period occurred from 1820-1860. It was a period in history where abolition was using and separation between abolitionists and supporters of slavery became apparent. While the abolitionist movement is one of the well known social reforms to have occurred‚ there was also the Horace Mann and the Public School Movement which fought for the equality in education. There was also the Temperance Movement which called for the prohibition of alcohol. The Abolitionist Movement was formed during
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American Antislavery 1820-1860 The antebellum American antislavery movement began in the 1820s and was sustained over 4 decades by organizations‚ publications‚ and small acts of resistance that challenged the legally protected and powerful institution of slavery and the more insidious enemy of black equality‚ racism. Abolitionists were always a radical minority even in the free states of the North‚ and the movement was never comprised of a single group of people with unified motivations‚ goals
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