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    Use your textbook or map book to complete the following activity. Slave States / Free States - Choose two colors (colored pencils) and shade all the slaves states as of 1820 one color and all the free states as of 1820 another color. Make a dark solid line (black) to show the Missouri Compromise line. Use the same colors that you used in 1 to shade in the territories where slavery was allowed or prohibited. (Slave State Allowed Territory / Free State Prohibited Territory) Create a key in the

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    In the article‚ Death on the Prairies: The Murderous Blizzard of 1888 by David Laskin‚ which analyze the severe and tragic event that happened over the Northeast continent of American. In January 12‚ 1888‚ began as inconvenient warm morning across Nebraska‚ Kansas‚ Iowa‚ territory of Dakotas‚ and Minnesota. Prairie snowstorm of blizzard killed hundreds of recently immigrant that comes to west in search prosperous new life. The account of the blizzard of 1888 are amazed‚ and shocked event. By Friday

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    Slavery in the United States: Attempts at and Failure of Compromise The Path to Civil War Ms. Wallace • Sobrato High School Thursday‚ November 3‚ 2011 It all started at the Constitutional Convention The Three-Fifths Compromise Allowed southern states to count 3/5 of their slave populations for purposes of determining how many representatives they would receive in Congress. Since the number of electors a state receives in the electoral college is based on the number of members of Congress it has

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    tension that caused the failure of the Union. The failure erupted generally from the issue of slavery. combination of the people in general and the differences in economic styles that lead to the downfall. Poor political decisions such as the Kansas Nebraska Act‚ lead to bad decisions which worsened the tensions of the union. The economic differences ultimately lead to the Civil War because it was the driving force that caused the differences between the North and The South. The economics of the northern

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    a necessary‚ constitutional act. In addition to the idea of slaves being property‚ the Constitution allowed for popular sovereignty‚ for laws regarding slavery to be decided by the people of a particular state‚ to become an issue. In the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚

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    of what made Willa Cather acquire happiness was the experiences from her childhood. On December 7‚ 1873‚ this exceptional writer was born in Back Creek Valley‚ Virginia (“Willa Cather.”). Nine years later‚ the Cather family relocated to Red Cloud‚ Nebraska in 1883. “She grew up among immigrants from Europe--- Swedes‚ Bohemians‚ Russians‚ and Germans---who were breaking the land on the Great Plains” (“Willa Cather: American Author”). Her childhood involved her talking to the expatriates and learning

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    MR. CROOK’S LEGAL DEFENSE CJ 227 Criminal Procedure Unit 8 Explaining Legal Procedure and Defense PRE-ARREST PROCESS • Mr. Crook‚ the following information is provided to you to assist you through your legal process since you have been identified as a suspect to a robbery. • Any information you tell me is confidential by attorney-client privilege. • I will make arrangements for you to turn yourself into local authorities. • Once you have surrendered yourself you will be searched and booked. • During

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    until after the Civil War‚ they were unable to avoid secession. Many of the compromises and decisions were constantly being changed. They never really satisfied both sections. Some examples are the Compromise of 1850‚ Dred-Scott decision‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ etc. All of these were unsuccessful in keeping the North and South together. I believe if successful compromises were made to please both sections and were not constantly being changed‚ the Union could have stayed together. When the Compromise

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    South and laid the foundation for southern state succession. Listed in order‚ the three most important causes leading to the breakup of the Union in 1860 include: first the Dred Scott decision‚ second the Fugitive Slave Act‚ and lastly the Kansas Nebraska Act. These events doused gas on the simmering flames of resentment between Southerners

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