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    addressed the issue of representation and direct taxation and concluded that each slave represented 3/5 of a free person. With this law in place‚ the Constitution supported racial superiority and slavery. As a result led to the Missouri Compromise. MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1819 The Missouri compromise determine which states will remain free or slave states. In addition‚ with incoming states a lateral line 36°30 will determine whether the state will become a “free

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    the future of slavery. His solution was Popular sovereignty‚ this meant that the citizens of each new territory would decide whether slavery was permitted. This violated the principle of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that said all the Louisiana purchased north to the southern boundary of 36 30 line Missouri would be restricted. There were plenty of democrats in the north who hated that decision; Stephen Douglas and Franklin Pierce worked to support this legislation. The northern democratic party

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    the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Missouri Compromise‚ Texas annexation‚ Wilmot Proviso‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Gadsden Purchase‚ the creation of the Republican Party‚ and the Dred Scott decision. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854. The act allowed people in the territories(states) of Kansas and Nebraska to have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slaves within their borders. The purpose of the act was to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which

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    bloodiest battle fought on their own soil was the Civil War? The Civil War was fought on American soil between the northern states and the southern states. Many causes provoked the war‚ which would affect the nation for decades to come. Slavery‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ and John Brown’s attack on Harpers Ferry‚ Virginia‚ were some of the many causes. In turn hundreds of thousands of soldiers died‚ the South’s economy was devastated‚ and the northern ideals flourished. In the later 1700’s to 1863

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    They were not alone however. From St. Louis‚ Lewis‚ Clark‚ and their party of American soldiers and frontiersmen traveled up the Missouri for 1‚000 miles to the fortified‚ earth-lodge towns of the Mandan and Hidatsa peoples (near present-day Bismarck‚ North Dakota)‚ where they spent the winter (Henretta‚ 2012‚ p. 212). Captains Lewis and Clark along with their permanent party were

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    war were… It was the year of 1820 when Henry Clay proposed the Missouri Compromise. Missouri had just been admitted a slave state and Maine had been admitted a free state. Clay wanted to settle disputes concerning slavery‚ but instead he made matters a lot worse. As he was conducting the Missouri Compromise there were disputes between the Pro-slavery citizens and the Anti-slavery citizens. After Clay realized that maybe the Missouri compromise wasn’t the best solution he decided to conduct the 1850

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    (Lawrence Anne T.). The event was held at its corporate headquarters in New Hampshire. Volunteers worked with Habitat for Humanity and framed houses in its corporate parking lot to be shipped for final assembly in Missouri to assist the suffering families in tornado- devastated Joplin‚ Missouri. They also created a new outdoor community gathering and performance space‚ built an outdoor classroom at a local elementary school‚ and improved the high school athletic facilities in Newmarket‚ New Hampshire

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    where finally in Missouri he took legal action. He argued that although he served other families than the Blow’s he had served them in free states therefore making him a free man‚ which became the basis for his legal battles. The series of court rulings began in 1846. Dred Scott lost in his first law suit in a local St. Louis district court‚ which he then later appealed and won the second trial. But the final decision of the second trail was decided to be over turned to the Missouri Supreme court.

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    has always been a common issue. This sectionalism had a large impact on Antebellum America. Although the North and South had some common bonds‚ their differences were far greater.The difference between the North and South can be exhibited with the Missouri Compromise and the Tariff Compromise of 1833. These contrasting views sparked great debate between the states‚ and the Federal government had to get involved. However‚ this created even more tension because states believed their rights were being

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    Dissertations (AAT 6124688) Missouri HB 1525‚ Missouri Senate‚ (2012) Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission. Missouri sentencing laws. Missouri Law 455.085.7-8 RSMo. http://www.mosac.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=45392. Retrieved April 11‚ 2012 Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission. Missouri sentencing laws. Missouri Law Section 557.011‚ RSMo. http://www.mosac.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=45392. Retrieved April 11‚ 2012. Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission Missouri Sentencing Advisory

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