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    on a completely different economic and social path from the North. In the 1850s‚ social and political developments‚ including the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ the Fugitive Slave Act‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ the Dred Scott decision‚ and John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry‚ drove the regions further apart. Although the North and the South tried to reconcile their differences with major political compromises in 1820 and in 1850‚ both attempts failed. The cotton gin transformed the slave South completely

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    war except Mexican desire to annex Louisiana 6. All of the following were parts of Andrew Johnson’s plan for reconstruction except Requiring payment of monetary reparation for the damage caused by the war 7. In response to southern lack of compromise in the face of Andrew johnson’s mild reconstruction plan‚ congress did all of the following except Order the arrest and imprisonment of former confederate officials 8. When president Andrew Johnson removed secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton without

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    Document A: Compromise of 1850 Map A map like this gives you all kinds of openings for outside information. Think about prior Constitutional crises prior to 1850 (like the Missouri Compromise situation) and how this legislation changed that. The notion of popular sovereignty‚ of course‚ is a great one for thinking about Constitutional principles related to people having a “voice” in their government. Document B: Words from an anonymous Georgian to the “north” This guy is voicing the classic Southern

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    nature of the Union. Important events leading to the war included the Missouri Compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and Lincoln’s election in 1860. The war featured major battles and significant developments‚ such as the

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    free states and slave states. In the following essay I will go over three events that has caused problems between one other. The Compromise of 1850‚ Uncle Toms Cabin‚ and John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry I have chosen these events because these are the events that stand out to me when tensions between free states and slave states come to mind. The Compromise of 1850 included four laws. California entered the union as a free state. A stricter Fugitive Slave Law requires that escaped slaves be

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    sovereignty‚ the idea that issues should be decided upon by the people (specifically‚ it applied to slavery‚ stating that the people in the territories should decide to legalize it or not). It was good (and liked by politicians) because it was a compromise between the extremes of the North and the South‚ and it stuck with the idea of self-determination‚ but it could spread slavery. II. Political Triumphs for General Taylor The Whigs nominated General Zachary Taylor‚ the hero of Buena Vista

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    south‚ imbalance was unacceptable. II. Compromise of 1850 1. Henry Clay of Kentucky proposed a compromise that would later become the Compromise of 1850. 2. The compromise drew attack‚ especially regarding California. b. John C. Calhoun asked that the slave states be allowed to secede from the Union. 3. A compromise was enacted that year and seemed to settle most disputes between free and slave states. 4. With the Compromise of 1850‚ Texas agreed to give up its land claims

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    The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a controversial legislation that opened Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement‚ repealed the Compromise of 1850‚ and led opponents to form the Republican party. This piece of legislation was introduced in Congress that revived the issues of the expansion of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures passed by Congress to resolve sectional tensions. Congress admitted California to the Union as a free state. And organize the territories of New Mexico

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    the South had political disputes as well as personal disputes (physical arguments). In the time period of the Missouri Compromise‚ (In 1820)‚ political and personal disputes began to rise in both the North and South. Disagreements use to be settled out very calmly‚ but soon disagreements became out of hand. The North and South had personal disputes. In the Compromise of 1850‚ the North and South had a stand-off between the free states and the slave states. This argument concerned or worried the

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    the making. With every new tax‚ tariff‚ law‚ or new state entry the North and South disagreed. The Missouri Compromise‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Popular Sovereignty‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ the entry of new states‚ newspapers and books‚ the Dred Scott Case‚ Immigration‚ and the Compromise of 1850 were just a few of the reasons that caused the North and South to go to war. The Missouri Compromise was the first solution to the first open conflict that took place between the north and South. This Missouri

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