Constitution DBQ (rewrite) Prompt: Various concerns lead to the demise of the Articles of Confederation and the adoption of the United States Constitution. Discuss these concerns and the compromises that were made to arrive at the Constitution that is still in place today in the United States. The Articles of Confederation established the first governmental structure unifying the thirteen colonies and went into effect on March 1‚ 1781. Its purpose was to create a confederation of states where
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In 1787‚ at the time of the Constitutional Convention‚ slavery in the United States was a harsh reality. The census of 1790 counted slaves in nearly every state‚ the only exceptions being Massachusetts and the "districts" of Vermont and Maine. In the entire country 3.8 million people were counted; 700‚000 of them‚ or 18 percent‚ were slaves. These statistics are a striking example of the prominence of slavery in the history of the United States. They also exemplify the obvious contradiction between
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There were many rational and somewhat compromising decisions and actions made by those who opposed slavery during the events of the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850. These compromises were meant to stop or slow the spread of slavery to the northern states of the United States. The Missouri compromise included Missouri wanting to enter the union as a slave state. At that time there were eleven slave states and eleven free states. Missouri would have made the states uneven. A political
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List the two groups and explain their position on adopting the Constitution in 1787. Why was this debate critical for both sides? What promises were made and kept as a result of the debates? EVALUATE: Would our lives be different if this debate had not taken place? Why or why not? The Constitutional Convention was an important part of the United States’ history and played a big role in shaping our history and also our present. The Constitution is important because it is what our country follows
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Scripture‚ no man has ever been able to give her an exact reply when she asks to know how many husbands a woman may have in her lifetime. God bade us to wax fruitful and multiply‚ she says‚ and that is the text that she wholeheartedly endorses. After all‚ great Old Testament figures‚ like Abraham‚ Jacob‚ and Solomon‚ enjoyed multiple wives at once. She uses this power as an “instrument” to control her husbands. 2 She prides herself on having‚ by skill‚ force and nagging‚ gained mastery over her husbands
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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of acts passed in 1850‚ by which the United States Congress hoped to settle the strife between the opponents of slavery in the North and slave owners in the South. There is much speculation about how our country would be without this Compromise. The Compromise is a major stepping stone in United States history because of its many forces and provisions. California’s admission to the Union would tip the balance in favor of free states—sixteen free states to fifteen
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Special Systems and Systems of Inequalities Quiz Special Systems and Systems of Inequalities 7.2- 7.3 Quiz 1. Tell whether (1‚ 10) is a solution of y 5 6x. 2. Write the inequality represented by the graph below. 3. Tell whether (6‚ 0) is a solution of . 4. Graph . Give two ordered pairs that are solutions and two ordered pairs that are not solutions. solutions: ______________________________ not solutions: ___________________________
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Convention‚ by mid- February seven states agreed to send representatives to Philadelphia and by February 21st 1787‚ Congress called upon the states to send their representatives to the meeting. These fifty-five representatives would be the delegates of the United States Constitutional Convention of 1787. An assorted bunch of politicians‚ the delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were a motley crew of bureaucrats. The median age of the collective was forty-three‚ the youngest member was
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The Missouri Compromise is commonly thought of as the beginning of American sectionalism‚ although the signs were visible long before 1819. The crisis solved by the compromise certainly alerted the South for the need for political unity in order to maintain its way of life in the face of a more populous North. Likewise‚ it alerted both regions to the political problems inherent in westward expansion. The Missouri Compromise did not create sectionalism‚ but it is important as the first possible signs
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In the year 1820‚ congress passed a law called the “Missouri Compromise”. This law stated: any state below the border of Missouri that wanted to join the Union would be a slave state‚ and any state above the Missouri border would be a free state. The law also allowed anyone to cross either side of the border to capture African Americans and sell them back into slavery. When the Missouri Compromise was passed‚there were three states above the border that were already slave states‚ and the law allowed
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