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    Opposition To Slavery

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    or free state‚ California would enter as a Free State‚ slave trade was eliminated in DC‚ and Fugitive Slave Act was added‚ which said Sheriffs could use bystanders‚ including abolitionists to help capture fugitive slaves. Stephen Douglas wrote the Kansas- Nebraska Act‚ this act would invalidate the Missouri Compromise. Douglas wanted the people of the territories to decide whether or not to be a free or slave

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    Causes Of The Civil War

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    The Civil War was one the worst wars that the United States has ever fought in. More soldiers died in this war than any others that the United States has fought in. To understand the Civil War‚ the events that led to the war need to be understood. The Civil War had many events that would eventually lead to the war. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress in 1850‚ and was put into effect throughout the United States. The Fugitive Slave Act stated that any runaway slave was to be returned to

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    Sectional Party was emerging (only above Mason-Dixon line) while a National party‚ the Democrats‚ (and Whigs) was splitting * At first the Republican party was a one idea party - opposed the Extension of slavery into the territories / opposed the Kansas Nebraska Act: wanted to keep slavery out of the territories‚ and to restore the Missouri Compromise * But the South saw it as Abolitionist…added to the divide….added to the tensions * It added / adopted other policies as time went on – Higher

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    After “Bleeding Kansas” Brown and others went to Pottawatomie Creek “armed with razor-sharp broadswords” and “split the skulls and hacked the body of five men” (397). Brown went down there in search of pro-slavery people and came home with blood on his hands along with

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    Pre-Civil War Notes

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    thinking they saved the union. Kansas Nebraska Act: (1854) Stephen Douglas • Divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into Kansas and Nebraska • Declared Popular Sovereignty for the area ** This made the Missouri Compromise line null and void. Formation of the Republican Party: • Opposed the extension/expansion of slavery • Wanted the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Bleeding Kansas: • A race began between the

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    Running head: Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Over the course of history in the United States there have been many laws put in place to protect employees and employers. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 are two such acts signed into law. Each of the laws protects

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    The Road to the Civil War

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    The Compromise of 1850 led a series of events set out to prevent war. The compromise of 1850 consisted of negotiations Henry Clay made which included issues on: slavery‚ land‚ and money. Also there were events that helped lead to war such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This included concerns with: the idea of popular sovereignty‚ repeal of the Missouri Compromise‚ and tensions between the north and the south. The Compromise of 1850 contained many different ideas‚ many of these ideas helping to prevent

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    Belfonte: A Case Study

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    out with some of the labor. Belfonte wasn’t brought into Kansas City until December of 1985. It was the very first dairy product producer to be owned by Kansas City that was local. (Belfonte History 2016) Belfonte also had a partnership with the Royals‚ for many years. Wes Engram‚ the Sr. Director- Corporate partnerships‚ is the one responsible for getting the Royals and Belfonte together. He once said‚ “Belfonte and the Royals are both Kansas City traditions‚ and now fans visiting the Kauffman stadium

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    Civil War inevitable

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    western territories‚ and the spreading of slavery in Kansas. And the immediate reason for the Civil War was to save the union. While the South wanted to continue slavery‚ spread slavery throughout the western territories‚ and ensure establishment in Kansas territory. Nevertheless‚ after seizing Mexico and the spreading of territories westward the South depended highly on slavery because of the "cotton king". One of these territories included the Kansas-Nebraska where many newcomers and the proslavery

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    it entered the Union pro-slavery or anti-slavery. While this may have seemed like a good idea at the time‚ it did not prove to be so good in Kansas. In Kansas‚ people migrated from both the north and the south in an attempt to sway the vote on the issue of slavery in their favor. Unable to reach a peaceful decision‚ Kansas was soon known as “Bleeding Kansas” when a few small scale fights broke out between the two sides. The news of this violence proved that the sectional conflict would be much harder

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