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    The Compromise of 1850 & Fredrick Douglas The Compromise of 1850 was primarily about the future of slavery in the new territories and the Union. Out of the Compromise of 1850 came “The Fugitive Slave Law”‚ which gave owners of escaped slaves the power and the resources to procure their escaped slaves. It constituted one of its provisions was controversial federal laws that intended to pacify the slaveholding south and enraged the Northern abolitionist and ultimately provoked the Civil War. The

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    AP U.S. History December 3‚ 2013 Analysis of the Compromise Breakdown from 1820 to 1860 Time periods of American history are analyzed closely to the extent that it is essential to understand the motives and basis for future events and to recognize social patterns. Among events that have affected the United States‚ immigrations‚ wars and political dispute are three of the chief categories that most directly affect the state of the nation as well as each other. The war class has been easily liked

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    The Compromise of 1850 was an effort to pacify the rising tensions between the north and the south. The issue of slavery was becoming a problem that none could overlook. This bitter rivalry was heating up even more so after the Mexican-American war. America won substantial amount of land‚ which stretched all the way to Mexico City. This land would give the south a grand portion of political power‚ surpassing the North. Henry Clay‚ supported by President Fillmore‚ created a compromise with the purpose

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    civil war was slavery through people’s reactions and actions to the Compromise of 1850‚ John Brown’s raid on Harper Ferry‚ and the expansion to the west. The compromise of 1850 was the first reason the Civil War was caused. The Compromise of 1850 was a solution to California’s wanting to enter the union and ended up upsetting the balance between slave and free states. On the website American Historama it says “The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to smooth out the confrontation between the slave

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    Antebellum Period Compromise of 1850 was an agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery‚ just like a brother and sister makes an agreement with each other to share time in the bathroom to eliminated fighting with one another. The Underground Railroad is a network of escape routes that provided protection and transportation for slaves. A brother and sister might hide their CD’s so the other one will not scratch or break them. Popular Sovereignty is the policies

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    Comp. of 1850: The significance of this compromise was that it‚ like a number of other actions‚ was an attempt to refuse the tensions that were leading to the Civil War. It is also significant to write that the Compromise failed to do this to any great extent. The Compromise of 1850 was meant to be like the Missouri Compromise. It was meant to calm sectional tensions. However‚ it was not able to do this. It failed to calm the tensions largely because of the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act

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    The Fugitive Slave Act was one of the five acts contained in the Compromise of 1850. The highly controversial new law required the return of all runaway slaves to their masters. The recovery of runaway slaves was now under Federal Jurisdiction. Federal Marshalls were now bound by duty to return any runaway and also now had the authority to require assistance from any individual. If the assistance was not provided‚ the individual faced prosecution and fines. The law also stripped runaway slaves

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    The break-up of the Soviet Union (USSR) occurred in 1991 after the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev and the various Republics declaring independence. The term “break-up” can be unpacked to entail the unpopularity of the leadership within the party and Politburo‚ which led to the attempted August Coup of 1991 by the more conservative elements of the Politburo who were unhappy with Gorbachev’s reforms; the unpopularity of the leadership within the people‚ which led to Boris Yeltsin getting elected

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    Stephen Wears Assess the main factors of the break-up of the Soviet Union The break up and dissolution of the Soviet Union on the 25th December 1991 heralded the end of the Cold War. It ushered in what had been termed ’the new world order ’‚ furthermore‚ it was suggested by Francis Fukuyama to have signalled the end of history and the battle of ideas which had dominated much of the twentieth century (Huntington‚ 1996; 31). The ’clash of civilizations ’ had already seen the demise of fascism

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    tried to end the war by introducing a series of bills called The Compromise of 1850. The Compromise had five laws that were put in place to help the Northern Free States and the Southern Slave States come to a natural balance. In September 9‚ 1850‚ the government passed three of the laws from the Compromise of 1850. The first three bills were regarding territory between New Mexico and Utah‚ in addition to adding California to the Union. Then on September 18‚ 1950‚ the government passed the fourth

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