What caused the American Civil War? It is amazing that even today‚ nearly 150 years after the Civil War started‚ there is passionate debate regarding the "cause" of the Civil War. Consider this: It is a fact that when the armies for the North and South were first formed‚ only a small minority of the soldiers on either side would have declared that the reason they joined the army was to fight either "for" or "against" slavery. However‚ equally true is the statement: "Had there been no slavery‚ there
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country’s equilibrium during the Pierce administration‚ though‚ was the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. It repealed the Missouri Compromise and reopened the question of slavery in the West. This measure‚ sponsored by Senator Stephen A. Douglas‚ had its origins in the drive to facilitate the completion of a transcontinental railroad with a link from Chicago‚ Illinois to California through Nebraska. Major legislation
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help them get them in line and lessen them to splurge for their bad eating habits.’’ I believe that Dietitians are eventually going to be opportunity to help others complete their health goals. I have compared and considered 3 colleges: Texas State‚ Nebraska‚ and Texas Tech. After a careful analysis‚ I have decided to choose Texas State University. The low tuition cost‚ enrollment requirements‚ and school workload of this university will offer me the proper curriculum to my future career. Therefore it
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(1860–1925) was a famous orator‚ Nebraska congressman‚ three-time presidential candidate‚ and U.S. secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson. He supported prohibition and opposed Darwinism in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Bryan gained fame for attacking the gold standard and promoting free silver‚ advocating for policies to help average Americans. Although he never won the presidency‚ he significantly influenced American politics. Born in Illinois‚ he moved to Nebraska‚ where he became known for his
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1850’s DBQ Essay “In a government where sectional interests and feelings may come into conflict‚ the sole security for permanence and peace is to be found in a Constitution whose provisions are inviolable” (Document B). But‚ what if the answer is not found in the Constitution? At this time there was an increasing sectional conflict between the North and the South. The problems arose mainly from the issue of slavery‚ and came largely after the Mexican war. Although the issue of slavery had never
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though they’re weren’t very many huge improvements to the slavery laws‚ it was fairly clear that there would be a big conflict to resolve the issue. The civil war was inevitable due to the Northwest Ordinance‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. There were signs that a war was inevitable all the way back in 1787 when the Northwest Ordinance
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The expansion of America from the thirteen colonies across the entire continent was known as westward expansion. In 1845‚ John O’Sullivan‚ a newspaper editor that was writing about the possible annexation of Texas‚ coined the term Manifest Destiny. “Manifest Destiny…to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions” (Wexler 96). Manifest Destiny inspired a 29-year old named Stephen F. Austin to talk grandly of colonizing the Mexican province
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Many documents‚ people‚ and events in history help to causes of the Civil War such as 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
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Con did not intend for blacks to be citizens; Congress did not have power to deprive people of property in Fed. Territory; Missouri was unconstitutional. 13. KKK- The Ku Klux Klan 14. Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854- Advances by Senator Stephen Douglas; would allow pop. Sov. to decide slavery in Nebraska and Kansas. 15. Fredrick Douglas- African American reform leader. 16. Free Soil Party- opposed extension of slavery in new territories 17. Jefferson Davis- CSI president 18. Pop Sovereignty-
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about winning the Congressmen seat by figuratively trapping Douglas; he cornered him with questions during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates on slavery. Lincoln thought it was wrong but wanted to leave it alone‚ but Douglas had been tied to the Kansas-Nebraska Act which almost allowed slavery in an anti-slavery North but didn’t thanks to popular sovereignty‚ which is a decision that is decided by its people. Lincoln claimed he was going against the North by letting slaves in the Northern Territories‚ Lincoln
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