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    Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)

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    Civil War Compromises

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    the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there were overlying reasons in

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    The Compromise of 1877

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    The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S Congress to settle a dispute in the presidential election of 1876 between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B Hayes. A bipartisan commission formed to decide the dispute. They handed all the disputed votes to Hayes to make him the winner. It was decision that the Democrats were not happy with so Congress settle the dispute. They said Hayes could become President if some key concessions were

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    Important Events in 1850

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    Betsy Rivera Period 5 12-15-10 1850 If we were to write down everything that throughout life had made us become who we are now‚ we would make a long list discussing different events that happened to us in different years. The United States history in such a matter is similar to that. Many years had to pass in order to make America what it is today. Since the beginning of American history many people and events had made each year differ from one another. When you are talking about the United

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    Confederation Compromise

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    of power throughout the states is what hindered the ratification process. Reasons for delay were mostly over representation and land. Smaller states wanted the same representation as larger states where larger states wanted representation based on population. Ownership over the western lands‚ as in the Appalachian Mountains‚ also set back the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. Once a compromise was reached‚ the Articles of Confederation (AOC) was ratified on March 1‚ 1781. Not too long

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    Decade of Crisis 1850

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    AP U.S. History 1850’s- The Decade of Crisis 1. Wilmot Proviso was an amendment proposed‚ by democrat David Wilmot‚ to the bill for peace with Mexico in 1846. The amendment stated that all land attained in the treaty with Mexico would be slave free. This proposed amendment would be a debated for years and set out a pressing issue dealing with westward expansion. Southerners thought it was unfair because‚ “all Americans should have equal rights‚ including the right to move their property.”

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    The Great Compromise

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    through the Age of Jackson‚ our nation was forged and held together by compromises.” I chose to cover 5 different compromises from this time period. They are: “The Great Compromise”‚ “The 3/5ths Compromise”‚ “Presidency Compromise”‚ “Tariff Compromise”‚ and “The Missouri Compromise”. At the Constitutional Convention‚ which started May 1887‚ one of the nation’s first compromises was reached. There were two plans that were up for debate. William Paterson of New Jersey had a plan and so did James

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    The Missouri Compromise

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    The Missouri Compromise was a bad solution‚ because it did not solve the slave problem but it was also a good compromise because it lasted for several years and temporarily solved the conflict of whether or not the new states would be slave states or free states. Perhaps the more important aspect of the Missouri Compromise was the agreement that no territory to the north of Missouri’s southern border could enter the Union as a slave state. That part of the compromise effectively stopped slavery from

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    The Great Compromise

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    The Virginia Plan‚ New Jersey Plan‚ and the Great Compromise was a big part of America’s future. The Virginia Plan was for a legislative branch. It placed the broad outlines of what became the U.S. Constitution. The New Jersey Plan was a Small State Plan. It was a structure for the United States. The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention. This had to do with the House and the Senate. All of these plans have played a big role in the way that America is today. The Virginia Plan was

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    Dbq 1850's

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    together under a single document creating a stronger union of all the states. During the period of 1850‚ until 1861 when the Confederate States of America was formed‚ the union was clearly divided between the North and South. Although the Constitution was not the only factor leading to sectional tension in America‚ there are many strong points in the North and South favoring the statement‚ "By the 1850’s the Constitution‚ originally framed as an instrument of national unity‚ had become a source of

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