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    never happened? It could have if the Crittenden Compromise would have passed. The Crittenden Compromise was one of the last attempts to stop a war from happening in America. The Crittenden Compromise is one cause of the Civil War. It would have allowed the southern states to have slaves‚ and the northern to not. It also would have allowed the Confederates to maintain their beliefs in slavery being useful and right. First‚ the Crittenden Compromise was important to the history of America because

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    indispensable necessity of government.” Publius recognized that the basic nature of government‚ consistent with Locke’s natural rights philosophy‚ is compromise; regardless of how “it is instituted‚ the people must cede to it some of their natural rights in order to vest it with requisite powers.” Publius saw benefits to the delegates creating compromises that “would conduce more to the interest of the people” since the many delegates‚ “being convened from different parts of the country...brought with

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    The Compromise of 1850 was comprised of five separate bills‚ and while it kept the country united‚ it was a temporary fix as it ultimately further dived the United States on the issue of slavery. Each bill played a different part in contributing to the whole effect the compromise had on the country. Before being divided into five separate bills they were one‚ the Omnibus Bill. As a single bill‚ there was enough opposition to keep it from passing‚ but after being separated‚ each of the five parts

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    A Pursuit to Compromise Happiness Everyone that is living in the world we live in today are all making their best efforts to obtain that which we all want the most‚ happiness. Many individuals will pursue that happiness‚ while others manage to compromise that happiness. Everyone has their own methods at trying to achieve happiness‚ but sometimes they just cannot pursue it and when they realize that what they want‚ they cannot have. Their happiness will become compromised. When at the same time

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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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    Table service is defined how?  By what dishes are used  By what utensils are used  The manner of presenting a meal to the guest Family or Compromise service >restyled English service *English Service: Often referred to as the "Host Service" because the host plays an active role in the service. Food is brought on platters by the waiter and is shown to the host for approval. The waiter then places the platters on the tables. The host either portions the food into the guest plates directly

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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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    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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