*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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The Civil War was one of the largest and most destructive in the Western world‚ and one that would determine what kind of nation America would be. It provided a foundation for the equality of African Americans and sparked the beginning of the women’s rights movement as well. This war divided the developing country‚ destroyed crops‚ cities‚ and railroad lines‚ and claimed 625‚000 lives. The Industrial Revolution that occured in the first few decades of the 19th century brought about a machine age
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The majority of people that grew up in the United States remember being taught about the Civil War in elementary school‚ and received the abridged version of history from the Civil War period. Many teachers simply state that the Civil War had one cause: slavery‚ or if the ones being taught live in the south: state’s rights. However‚ despite what many believe‚ the Civil War that took place from 1861 to 1865‚ truly happened in a time span of many more years‚ and had a multitude of causes. While most
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Before the beginning of the Civil War‚ Americans tried to resolve slavery by drawing or erasing a geographical line to limit or expand the growth of slavery. These lines were not very affective and changed much too often. It begins with the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 and ends with the Crittendon Compromise in 1861. The Northwestern Ordinance (1787) was the biggest success under the Articles of Confederation. It wrote out how the nation should deal with its colonies. It created a policy for administering
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– courts or arbitral tribunals can be “international” in three ways 1. Can be set up by international agreement 2. Apply international law 3. Deal with cases involving parties or transactions touching more than one country * Municipal courts and many arbitral tribunals are not international in the first constitutional sense; they are often international in the second rule or third transactional sense. * Sovereignty – States can make their own law without outside interference
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“Bleeding Kansas”: Whose side will you take? Many Kansans will certainly remember the years 1854 to 1861. It was filled with bloodshed‚ rebellious actions‚ lynching‚ and more bloodshed. The groups responsible for this viciousness were the ignorant pro-slavery and the anti-slavery clashing in their differences. Within a few months‚ Kansas was invaded by raids and riots from left and right. Stephan Douglass pushed for The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which allowed the territory of Kansas to decide
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surface‚ the Civil War appears to be a heroic battle that the north fought against slavery and immorality. But it’s not so simple. The Civil War was a complicated war fought for many reasons. It was fought mainly because of the difference between the northern and southern economic vision for America‚ but also because poor Americans everywhere generally felt ideologically attacked‚ and because the south felt frustrated‚ as they were politically underrepresented. The north and south went to war mainly because
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I. The Civil War Begins a. Confederates Fire on Fort Sumter i. Fort Sumter was a southern fort that remained in unions control ii. Lincoln declared her would neither reinforce Fort Sumter nor abandon it. 1. Next Jefferson Davis chose to attack Sumter which started the war a. Fort Sumter fell b. Virginia seceded b. Americans Expect a Short War iii. Union and confederate Strategies 2. The Union had
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common assumption to explain the cause of the American Civil War was that the North was no longer willing to tolerate slavery as being part of the fabric of US society. Also‚ that the political power brokers in Washington were planning to abolish slavery throughout the Union. Therefore for many people slavery is the key issue to explain the causes of the American Civil War. However‚ it is not as simple as this and slavery‚ while a major issue‚ was not the only issue that pushed America into the Great
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academic and popular historians. As Margaret Conrad argues‚ popular historians have established the tension‚ by recreating “historical films without the involvement of trained historians”. This underscores the troubling gulf that sometimes separates public academics approaches to the past. Academic historians have been “too long focused” on professionalism‚ and discarded “generating” a “dialogue” (Conrad) with their contextual audiences. The substantial dissolution between academic and popular historians
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