Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚
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addition‚ Lincoln did not believe in slavery. Even though he was still racist towards black‚ he saw the obvious immorality of the establishment. He fought for their freedom through his Emancipation Proclamation‚ which stated that all slaves in the Confederacy were free from their masters. Lincoln fought for the preservation of the Union‚ a symbol of equality and democracy. He would protect it at any cost. With that‚ he also freed the slaves in the United States‚ which supported the idea of democracy
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and loss of a president‚ Andrew Johnson was elected. Johnson was an Unionist and was hated‚ for his excessive use of his pardoning power‚ by the Radicals‚ state governments and moderate Republicans. Southerns would elect leaders that served the confederacy and that would instal “Black codes”‚ these codes would beat down African American’s civil rights and push them to being slaves again. From violences against African Americans‚ Yankees and Unionists‚ the 14 Amendment was produced. The Fourteenth
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rights to use of the Mississippi? With steam boat technology especially‚ this made commerce a very profitable game. This regular route would also affect the economies if it were to be taken away. The Mississippi was causing Union forces to split the Confederacy into two. With the capture of Fort Donnellson‚ this was a much needed change. The south was to divide the south into two‚ and finally clear the river for the Union’s use. The Confederates did not want this change to happen‚ so they resisted‚ and
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states opposed it and their opposing views resulted in the South’s secession from the United States and the beginning of the American civil war. From 1861 to 1865‚ the Union and the Confederacy fought over the south’s secession and the institution of slavery and in 1865‚ the Union won the war against the Confederacy and they passed the 13th amendment which officially outlawed the institution of slavery in the United States. In 1868 the 14th amendment made all slaves U.S. citizens. Even though the
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he had idea that slavery should be abolish‚ which let people feared that their way of life was in jeopardy. During that time 11 southern states opposed to this idea of slavery should be abolish‚ which lead to the creation of what is known as the Confederacy. Shortly after his Abraham Lincolns victory‚ and the abolishment of Slavery‚ Confederate forces attacked the U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina in 1861‚ all because they don’t want slavery to be gone. Which lead to the
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do with love. Expressing Love Through Death In the three short stories “a Rose For Emily”‚ “Desiree’s Baby‚ and “The Story of an Hour” death is used respectively as a means of expressing and rebelling against love. The stories‚ set in a post-Confederacy southern town‚ pre-condfederacy plantain‚ and timeless smalltown smerica‚ could not be more different upon surface level. However‚ all of these stories‚ through tragedy‚ reveal the author’s opinions of the true and terrible powers of love. In
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Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was made in 1850‚ to help the problem of California being turned into a free or slave state. In order to please the North‚ it proposed California would be admitted as a free state and the slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C. In order to please the South it proposed that Congress would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico‚ and Congress would pass a stronger law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves
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Structure Trade networks: arrowheads‚ wampum‚ Roanoke‚ and food Prospered through the cultivation of grains and cereals Fishing‚ lumbering‚ farming‚ and ship building Cash crop- mainly tobacco Expansive lines of trade Political Structure Iroquois confederacy Mayflower Compact‚ expansion of political freedom and self-rule Colonial assemblies to address problems and make decisions usually within each town or village Royal colony‚ House of Burgess‚ Proprietary Colony Politics advanced Social System Clan
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separate racial station"(5). He argued for segregation that he protested the enrollment of two black students at the University of Alabama. Wallace literally stood in front of an entrance and tried to block the students. George Wallace‚ Politics‚ Confederacy with racial segregation was very ‚to him‚
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