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    document for national unity‚ had become a source of regional disagreements and tension that eventually resulted in the failure of the Union. The Constitution never outright mentions slavery‚ and created an unsolved problem that later resulted in compromises and the failure of the Union it formed. The Constitution contributed to the failure of the union because it did not acknowledge slavery which lead to tensions between the Northerners who wanted to abolish it‚ and the Southerners who considered

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    *The Compromise of 1850* - The first big problem was about California‚ which had been populated in 1849 as a result of the Gold Rush‚ and was applying for statehood with a free state constitution [since Congress couldn’t decide what to do‚ Taylor had told CA to apply for admission directly]. - Southerners‚ however‚ wouldn’t accept CA as a free state b/c it would upset the delicate balance between free and slave states – so they tried to make CA a slave state or at least extend the Missouri line

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    that faced the South. When new territories were added to the nation‚ it was politically relevant that they were added in such a way that the balance of power was maintained. The Compromise of 1850 addressed this balance. The Compromise was a group of five laws that addressed slavery and overturned the Missouri Compromise. The climate of the time quickly becomes one of the northern states against

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    “The Atlanta Compromise Address”   Booker T. Washington‚ considered today as one of the most influential and respected African American figures‚ was born into slavery and was later freed by the revolutionizing effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. His charismatic and peaceful personality along with his role in philanthropic acts‚ politics‚ and negotiations soon turned him into a source of admiration shortly after the end of the civil war. He worked for the coexistence of blacks and whites

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    Chapter 17 Notes I. Comparing Atlantic Revolutions A. The North American Revolution‚ 1775-1787 The Declaration of Independence in 1776 ‚ resulted in an unlikely military victory by 1781 ‚ and generated a federal constitution in 1787 ‚ joining thirteen formerly separate colonies into a new nation. B. The French Revolution‚ 1789-1815 That revolution was quite different from its North American predecessor. Whereas the American Revolution expressed the tensions of a colonial relationship with a

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    The collection of documents about the Missouri Compromise in 1820 offer a rare insight into the significance of the changes to American society in the first part of the 19th century.  • How did Thomas Jefferson understand the debate over Missouri and slavery?  What‚ in his opinion‚ was the significance of the controversy? o What was his opinion of the resolution to the controversy?  Thomas Jefferson understood the debate over Missouri and slavery as a “momentous question” (Jefferson). Jefferson uses

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    On May 25 1787‚ the most powerful men in our history met in Philadelphia to create a guide for the Democracy that we enjoy today. There were three plans at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Virginia Plan was drafted by James Madison‚ from Virginia‚ and presented to the delegates by Edmund Randolph on May 29th‚ 1787 who was also from Virginia. The hope behind this plan was to create a central government that could collect taxes‚ regulate foreign and interstate trade‚ and also be able to

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    States and International Exposition was held in Atlanta‚ Georgia beginning in September of 1895. Booker T. Washington was invited to give the opening address. The subject for this address was racial cooperation and has come to be known as the Atlanta Compromise Address. Booker T. Washington was born into slavery and with hard work and determination became a nationally known scholar and orator‚ as well as an influential leader of the black community. At the time of the speech‚ lynching and overt violent

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    How did the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the period immediately following it deal with the issue of the debate between those who supported a strong central government and those who wanted more power given to the states? The Philadelphia Convention was an assembly of the brightest minds of American politics in 1787. Emerging from it was the Constitution of the United States‚ which gave the national government more power‚ but kept them restrained through a system of checks and balances

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    maintain balance. However‚ this compromise also states that any state north of the Mason-Dixon line‚ “contemplated by this act‚ slavery and involuntary servitude‚ otherwise than in the punishment of crimes‚ whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted‚ shall be‚ and is hereby‚ forever prohibited.” It effectively divided the country by geography‚ and it indirectly splits people into a demographic. The Compromise of 1850 eventually overturned the Missouri Compromise‚ when Texas applies for statehood

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