life had developed differently throughout the U.S.‚ creating a feeling of disunity. Resolving disputes threw compromise no longer seemed possible. They had no reason to compromise and work out their disputes because the South wanted to form a confederacy of their own. This all began to deteriorate because of the dramatic economic‚ social‚ and political issues‚ such as the Compromise of 1850‚ Fugitive Slave Act‚ political leaders‚ succession attempts‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act gradually became unfeasible
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contention surrounding government policies and opinions on controversial topics. The slave and free states had disagreements about prohibiting slavery and were unable to compromise‚ especially with the debate over the amount of power the national government had to prohibit it or not. With these disagreements came battles‚ compromises‚ and debates that tried to fix the problem which ended up creating more issues between the north and south and led to the start of the Civil War. The legislative‚ judicial
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Southerners wanted the right to expand slavery to new and different territories Sep 1850 – Clay Compromise of 1850 * A group of five bills that neutralized a four year conflict between the Southern slave states and the free Northern states over expansion of slavery * Helped avoid secession for the time being 1850 – Fugitive Slave Act becomes Law * The Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. This act declared it was a federal crime punishable by fines to aid escaping
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Manifest Destiny (????- 1850) APUSH Final Exam Review Project By: Kailee Weiler and Alexa Vagnozzi Manifest Destiny In the 1840’s the people of America began to believe that they were chosen by God to control the North American continent. Thus it became a factor which drove them to look west and claim new territory. Not only was it a movement to spread political system‚ but it was also to spread a racially defined society due the “American race” as the superiority. Texas The Mexican government
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Meghan Gardner Civil War & Reconstruction Paper 1 Compromise involves both give and take‚ where both sides involved receive some of what they wanted‚ but neither side fully gets 100 percent of what they wanted. Compromise for the most part keeps things running smoothly. I personally believe that compromise is beneficial during this time. The Missouri Compromise‚ for example‚ started when the territory of Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state after
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WhatistherelativesignificanceofeachtermasacauseofCivilWar? Summary: "By the 1850s the Constitution‚ originally framed as an instrument of national unity‚ had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it has created." Assess the validity of this statement using your knowledge of the period 1850-1861. Part III * Compromiseof1850 * Fugitive Slave Act‚ 1850 * Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ 1852 * Gadsen Purchase‚ 1853 * Kansas-Nebraska
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There were many events‚ people‚ and opinions that caused the U.S. Civil War in 1861. But the three biggest causes were states rights versus federal rights‚ the abolition movement‚ and the controversy of allowing slavery in the territories. Although these may appear to be vague‚ it was the events inside that made the difference. The South had a vested interest in not allowing the federal government to interfere with their state rights. The South claimed the federal government is prohibited by the
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behind the Compromise of 1850‚ and in opposition to sectional quarreling. The bill was to establish the Kansas and Nebraska territories. He wanted to send an transcontinental railroad into the area to help increase the economic activity in his home state of Illinois and encourage settlement of the Great Plains area. Since no Company would build a railroad until the area had been organized‚ Douglas introduced the bill. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill showed a fallacy in the Compromise of 1850’s ideal of
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However‚ it allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery based on popular sovereignty. Kansas wanted to be admitted as a slave state; however this would have violated the Missouri Compromise. In the end‚ when the act was passed‚ the North was outraged‚ and as a result‚ the Whig party split. Former Northern Whigs formed the Republican Party while Southern Whigs joined the existing Democratic Party set up by Andrew Jackson. Later‚ in
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