The issue of slavery became increasingly contentious in the years leading up to the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 attempted to settle the issue of slavery in new territories‚ but they only temporarily eased tensions. The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ which allowed the people in these territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery
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eighteenth-century elites. Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Between 1800 and 1860 white planters moved to the lower South to... transform the West into a free labor society. recreate the conditions of slavery. invest in agricultural development. flee antislavery laws in the upper South. Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) The movement toward secession in the winter of 1860-1861 was most rapid in... the Upper South. South Carolina. Virginia. Georgia. Question
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Prompt: Access the validity of the following statement: "Conditions in the United States were ripe for an industrial revolution in the early 1800’s." "Reaping What You Sow": The American Industrial Revolution "The economy of the United States before the War of 1812 was largely shaped by geography..." says Arnold S. Rice. Under Henry Clay’s American system‚ canals‚ railroads‚ and public education paramounted past internal improvements. (Doc B). The inventions oriented towards textile and
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The Industrial revolution started by 1700s to the 1820s. Great Britain formatted that enabled entrepreneurs to initial the revolution. They transformed from manual labor and draft-animals’ economy to machine based manufacturing. Mechanization of the textile industries‚ by the development of iron-making techniques and the increase of need of refined coal. With the trade expansion‚ it enabled the introduction of canals‚ improved railway and roads‚ hereon creating factories job rather than agricultural
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In 1820‚ Congress passed the Missouri Compromise‚ which created Missouri as a slave state‚ and Maine as a free state‚ in order to preserve the balance of power between North and South. However‚ in 1854‚ the Missouri Compromise was revoked by the Kansas-Nebraska
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the validity of this phrase is questioned. Many people might believe that the period after the war of 1812 was an "Era of Good Feelings" because of the nation’s gain of nationalism and expansion of the country‚ but it was not because of growing sectionalism and state issues. After the War of 1812‚ America gained a pride from winning the war known as nationalism. This pride caused them to feel inferior to other countries such as Great Britain. This is pointed out in Document H when it is mentioned
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United States. Although Nationalism seemed to unify the nation‚ there was more of an underlying indication of a much larger problem‚ Sectionalism. Sectionalism is a relation to a geographic area. So whereas people could have felt patriotic towards the United States‚ they related more towards the region they lived in and not the country they were a part of. This sectionalism also indicates a difference in the economic‚ social and political stances of regions such as the North and the South‚ and the “era
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Historical overview of the Australian food science and technology industry. When the Europeans arrived in 1788‚ they were confronted with an arid land and food supplies far removed from what they had left behind. They encountered the Aboriginal people‚ a civilisation not expected‚ and in addition they discovered many new and varied techniques for hunting‚ processing and storing foods. Techniques included: leaching poison from nuts that could take days or even weeks; catching fish with nets made
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Initially‚ the country is united (nationalism). There is a strong feeling of nationalism and unity. 1st paragraph Role of the war of 1812:Battle of New Orleans (united the nation because) (talk about the war‚ how Jackson was able to defeat a strong British force in a vital location‚ which bring pride to country) ● The War of 1812 was a catalyst for American manufacturing ○ focused more on factorys because needed supplies ○ due to embargos → needed to catch up ○ Intercourse Act ○ As a result
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South saw slavery’s expansion as crucial while the North became more convinced of the need to curtail it. Slavery is linked to the outbreak of war in the following ways: a) Southern support for slavery versus Northern opposition to slavery By 1820 both Britain and the U.S. had declared the slave trade illegal and slavery was ended in virtually all the Northern U.S. states. As the North’s industrial development outstripped that of the South‚ the differences between Southern and Northern society
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