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    Slave Compromise

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    foundation of the New World‚ compromises and negotiations kept the nation as one. However‚ until the mid-19th century‚ America attempted to solve their disputes through compromises‚ but due to their constant issues of slavery‚ compromises were no longer supportive. During 1820-1860‚ several reasons in the political views on slavery eventually led to the termination of compromise. Henry Clay‚ the Great Compromiser‚ generated the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 in order to maintain

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    The Armistice of 1850

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    The Armistice of 1850 With the belief of their young country’s “manifest destiny”‚ and victory over Mexico in the Mexican-American War‚ the United States of America conquered most of the western portion of their continent. While obtaining large territories of land through victories from warfare and at the cost of bargained prices‚ this proud nation found itself with an immense crisis sitting within the palms of their hands. As the improvement of the United States came through territorial gains

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    This made me want to scream but before I could Mr. Price says “Line up for lunch!”So we got up and stood in a line‚ then we walked to the lunchroom. At the table I heard Sylvia Saldivar say “WOW! Rachel looked so funny in that sweater‚ I wish I had got a picture!” This made me feel sick again. As if I was about to puke all over my lunch‚ but before I could Phyllis Lopez walks over and says “Hey Rachel I feel really bad about the sweater‚ I know how embarrassing it can be….” She has a very apologetic

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    this conception because they thought the communism would spread and that they would lose foreign markets for their goods. Thus‚ the Cold war commenced‚ through the tensions leading up before hand and the policies that were being enacted‚ leaving some to wonder who was to incriminate. There were multiple actions that led up to the Cold War‚ first being the end of World War II. On February 4th‚ 1945 the “Big Three” met at the Yalta Conference‚ one of the triggering events of the Cold War. The allied leaders

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    capitalists and the communists‚ who were the Soviet Union‚ ran by Joseph Stalin and the United States ran by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Neither country was worried about the countries’ ideology as much as they were worried about how to run the country. The United States wants to run its country the capitalist way and the Soviet Union wants to run its country the communist way. The United States wants the Soviet Union to run their country like us‚ and the Soviet Union wants us to run our country like them.

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    The Missouri Compromise

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    stated that the American North and South were clashing with‚ “irreconcilable differences of principle‚ and bleeding from wounds within their own household” on June 13‚ 1860‚ only a year before the civil war commenced. Compromises worked to diffuse tensions early on; however as ideas like popular sovereignty came into play‚ compromises were no longer effective. Cultural and economic differences between the North and South continually intensified until finally reaching a climax in 1861 when the civil

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    Missouri Compromise

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    These failed compromises served purposes other than their intended ones. They served to “feed the extremist factions” in each of the divided sections of America. The deterioration of these compromises aided the progression of groups like the Radical Republicans‚ Know- Nothings‚ Free-Soil Party‚ and Abolitionists. One of the compromises that served to feed these factions was the Missouri Compromise. As stated before‚ this compromise debated on the admission Maine and Missouri as slave or free states

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    In 1850 there was an equal amount of slave and free states in the Union. Before the Civil War‚ the U.S. was separated into three sections: North‚ South‚ and the West. The North was industrial and antislavery‚ with many factories and trading ports. The South was agricultural and proslavery‚ with many farms and plantations. The West was new and a place where you could look to start your life over. The North and South came to blows when it came to the issue of slavery‚ which caused the South to try

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    1860 Dbq Analysis

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    Many aspects and events throughout the time period of 1860 through 1861 had an overall contribution to the secession of several Southern states. Slavery was one of the major issues that led many conflicts between the Northern states and the Southern States. These compilation of events progress to the secession of the Southern States from the Union afterwards and the formation of the Confederate States of America. In 1846‚ David Wilmot proposed the Wilmot Proviso‚ declaring Congress banning

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    could no longer resolve their political disputes through compromise by the year 1860. In this time period‚ compromise was not an option because slavery and states rights’ caused political disputes between the north and south.The two political parties in the north and south lost their ability to cooperate and by the mid 1800’s increased the issue of the division of the states. The political view on slavery and states rights grew as compromise between the north and south political parties began to

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