so prestigious‚ the tuition does not come cheap. The price of the school annually comes to $64‚885 with room and board included. $49‚605 without room and board (WUSTL-SFS). Because of the tuition being so high‚ in comparison with most colleges in Missouri‚ students will be needing scholarships to help support their financial standing. A unique trait of WUSTL is its flexibility whenever it comes to support those who come from low to middle-income families. Freshman and returning students whose parents
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CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR In 1860‚ the world ’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the arrival of Lincoln in office. These factors were very crucial in the bringing upon of the destruction of the Union. They caused immediate war. In 1791‚ the tenth amendment was
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Although the American Civil War mainly occurred because of slavery‚ the fact is that slavery had a lot to do with economic and social issues. By the year of 1860‚ the North and the South was developed into extremely different sections. There was opposing social‚ economic‚ and political points of view‚ starting back into colonial periods‚ and it slowly drove the two regions farther in separate directions. The two sections tried to force its point of view on the nation as a whole. Even though
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of slavery debate‚ the North and the South attempted to reach consent by Missouri Compromise‚ which is quintessential evidence that depicts the conflict on the practice of slavery. After Missouri was denied from joining the union because of its headstrong persistence on keeping slavery‚ the North and the South were able to reach a compromise that first accepted Maine to the union as a free state and then accepting Missouri as a slave state. The compromise not only ended up with a geographical line
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Compromise * Missouri Compromise (1820) -It didn’t allow slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except Missouri. Allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. * Compromise of 1850 ( 1850) - Admit California as a free state; uphold popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Includes Fugitive Slave Act; Settles Texas/New Mexico border disputes; Ban slave trade in Washington D.C * Kansas Nebraska Act (1854) - Divide the Kansas territory into Kansas
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many forces and provisions. California’s admission to the Union would tip the balance in favor of free states—sixteen free states to fifteen slave states. A balance had been achieved with the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ which tried to settle the growing slavery issue at that time by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The proposed admission of California in 1850 was further complicated by unresolved slavery questions in the vast southwestern territory that had been ceded
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In 1847‚ a slave named Dred Scott tried suing for his freedom. Under Missouri law‚ any slave owner who traveled through Free states with their slave‚ was instantly emancipating them and it could not be reversed. Having lived in Free states for extended periods of time with his former owner‚ Dred Scott had the right to sue
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in Ferguson‚ Missouri. This event led to protests that lasted for weeks to fight for Michael Brown’s rights along with African American rights. The police officer‚ Darren Wilson‚ who shot and killed Brown was declared not indicted by a judge which caused even more anger in Ferguson. Many people showed their anger by setting several buildings and businesses on fire. I believe that different police policies‚ training‚ or administration could have prevented the events in Ferguson‚ Missouri. Police are
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In the mid-1800’s‚ many events occurred that increased sectional tension between the Northern and Southern states of the Union. These tensions ultimately resulted in the outbreak of civil war. One thing in particular that is considered to be a source of sectional discord is the U.S. Constitution. However the Constitution itself was not a source of sectional tension that caused the failure of the Union. The failure erupted generally from the issue of slavery. combination of the people in general and
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