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    Bleeding Kansas also took part in causing the Civil War. Bleeding Kansas was a war between the anti-slavery and pro-slavery activists. It took place between 1855 to 1861 (Ponce). Missouri was a slave state and Kansas had not yet decided to be pro-slavery or anti-slavery‚ and because the two sections did not agree with each other‚ that caused a war. “Yet the violence that broke out in the 1850s was an unintended consequence of the territory’s organization” (Ponce). President Franklin Pierce signed

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    factors caused the lead-up to the Civil War. The country’s tension was high before the Civil War began for many different reasons that contributed to the Civil War. The tension was high due to many massacres and laws that even heightened the tensions between the North and the South states. South states believed heavily in slavery and wanted to keep slavery around strongly and firmly since the South depended on slaves to do agricultural work. However‚ the North believed that slavery was bad and believed

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    The events of the Civil War and what led up to it‚ plus the outcome of the war during the Reconstruction‚ formed American history. This whole period of time took place from the 1830s all the way to 1872‚ and everything that happened helped the events that happened afterwards too. The Civil War did help America rid itself of slavery‚ but also birthed a new monster called segregation‚ which isn’t equally as bad as slavery‚ but it wasn’t good either. Sadly‚ these 40ish years were some of the most fundamental

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    Bleeding Kansas (also known as Bloody Kansas) was a brutal time after Kansas was created when pro and anti slavery forces couldn’t agree on the topic of slavery in America. From 1855 to 1859‚ the period before the Civil War was one of viciousness and barbarity. Before getting into the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ which was previously established in 1820‚ must be introduced. It made it so that slavery was banned in states above the southern border of Missouri. For just over 30 years

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    The Civil War was the bloodiest war in all of America’s history.But some things still remains a mystery in the Civil War.There were many reasons to how the Civil War was cause.A lot of people thinks that slavery was the cause‚but it is only one of the many causes.Slavery‚ Economy‚ and State’s Rights were the main cause to the Civil War.The slavery brought tensions‚many differences in economy‚and fighting for a cause.Tensions rose as Republicans and Democrats fight for a solution in slavery‚the North

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    Proviso and Popular Sovereignty and the reaction of various political figures to these proposals. In the following years after the Mexican War‚ “Pennsylvania Democrat David Wilmot in 1846” had proposed of an amendment that read “as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico… neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory” (388). In layman’s terms‚ Wilmot offered the idea that there was to be no slavery

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    Lesson 6 Essay Activity In what ways did the Constitution struggle to settle the conflicts over federal and state power prior to the Civil War? Examples could include the Mormon expulsion from Missouri‚ the rise of political parties over constitutional issues‚ and the sectional conflict over slavery. What issues continue to be debated today? The United States encountered many difficulties prior to the Civil War. As the years went through‚ it was clear that the Constitution’s laws would not solve

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    American Civil War was a hard time in American history. Brother against brother. A country divided and so many deaths. There were many events that lead to the war‚ but the main event was the ending of slavery. There was many causes for the Civil War ‚that broke out in April 12‚ 1861‚ but the main cause was slavery. The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery (‘Causes Of The Civil War’). In my opinion I do think that was the cause of the civil war

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    and by providing opportunity to eliminate unjust leaders. Popular sovereignty is the skeleton that runs through the body of the American government system. A simple definition of popular sovereignty is people power. When the U.S. Constitution was written‚ they had this definition that still influences how our modern day system functions in mind. An example of popular sovereignty is our legislative branch. The legislative branch is made up of two large collectives of representatives elected by the

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    DBQ- Development of the United States Constitution to Ensure Popular Sovereignty In 1776 the United States declared its independence from the tyrannical British Empire and has been growing as a nation ever since then. The first constitution that the United States developed as a united country was the Articles of Confederation‚ which failed horribly. But learning from the mistakes made in the Articles of Confederation the brilliant minds of early America drafted the Constitution‚ a document that

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