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    In addition‚ there were some major Civil War laws of the Western Expansion‚ such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest

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    Marbury v. Madison is considered one of the most important cases in U.S. Supreme Court history. This landmark case is of great importance in the American political system because John Marshall‚ chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835‚ was able to bring respect and prestige to the Court. The Marshall Court announced that a court has the power to declare an act of Congress void if it contradicts the Constitution. For the first time in history‚ the Supreme Court asserted its role in reviewing

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    different‚ but they both have great strengths and weaknesses. The Civil War was started by The Kansas-Nebraska act. When Kansas got the right to vote‚ residents from Missouri crossed over the Kansas border to vote so that Kansas would become a slave state. Missouri wanted to make Kansas a slave state. “On July 21‚ 1861‚ the first battle of the civil war” (American Odyssey) broke out because of the feud between Kansas and Missouri. The society in the North increased due to immigration between 1800 and 1860

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    The Option of Adoption

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    Running head: THE OPTION OF ADOPTION​​​​1 The Option of Adoption Child Psych 02/06/13 ​In class Brandy Calef spoke about adoption and the services offered that are specific to the Adoption Centre of Kansas where she is an adoption assistant. Brandy had information pamphlets ready to hand out as well as an example of an entrance packet that would ordinarily be handed out to birth mothers coming to the center for adoption services. She also provided us with business

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    Mandatory Vaccination

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    vaccination of children‚ yet both want what is best for chidren. Several sources provide reasons to support the mandatory vaccination of children. According to Kip Randall‚ a professor at the University of Kansas School

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    such as‚ ideals between abolitionist and southern politicians. Historical events‚ taking place in order to establish the chain reaction that lead to the Civil War; such as‚ The election of 1860‚ Raid on Harper’s Ferry‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ Dred Scott Decision‚ and The Kansas-Nebraska Act. Irrepressible conflict quickly appeared over the disagreeing ideals of how these two co-existing economies could not become one. Irrepressible conflict was inevitable only due to the fact of how blundering politicians

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    pervasive. In the novel‚ In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ the story first revealed Perry and Dick as “persons unknown.” Prominent to an inhuman‚ almost fabled importance‚ pure and unprovoked evil comes to destroy the serene existence of the Holcomb citizens. Capote‚ however‚ substitutes this naïve view with a more delicate interpretation‚ by discovering the physical‚ psychological‚ and environmental situations that cause two otherwise conventional human beings to commit such an atrocious act

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    The Compromise of 1850

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    abolished in the District of Columbia. The ineffectiveness of the Compromise of 1850 was ultimately it led to a Republican victory in 1860 and to the Southern secession. Also‚ it led so much more animosity between the North and South. (3) The Kansas – Nebraska Act was a piece of legislation and Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois was their spokesperson‚ this was partly because he supported the construction of a transcontinental railroad which linked Chicago to California. (4) But‚ for this

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    ’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the arrival of Lincoln in office. These factors were very crucial in the bringing upon of the destruction of the Union. They caused immediate war. In 1791‚ the tenth amendment was added to the Constitution. The tenth amendment

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    Notes

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    Franklin Pierce‚ who was a democrat‚ made national politics an arena where sectional and cultural differences over slavery were fought. Then later on in the Election of 1856 there were different views about slavery. James Buchanan was a democrat who was “Kansas-less” because of an appointment in London. John C. Fermont‚ was a republican who was against the extension of slavery. In

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