10/21/13 7:23 PM 1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South. With Eli Whitney ’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793‚ cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. However‚ at the same time the increase in the number of plantations willing to move from other crops to cotton meant the greater need for a large amount of cheap labor‚ i.e. slaves. Thus‚ the southern economy became a one crop economy‚ depending
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His opinion would rattle the crusaders for states rights as he made it very clear in his decision that the Missouri Compromise was un constitutional on the grounds that congress does not have the right to interfere with the ownership of personal property. Hence the Missouri Compromise‚ which split free and slaves states were no longer considered constitutional. Taney argued that the states did not have the power to grant citizenship in the US due to
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believed that had there been a compromise between these forces then the nation could have avoided the war. The paper agrees with the senator’s views and takes the perceptive that these opposing forces and not just the failure to compromise by politicians were the origins of the war. Politicians could only have achieved so much‚ but these opposing forces held a stronger bargaining power than the politicians. The paper discusses these forces and concludes by offering a compromise that could have forestalled
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peaceful‚ nonpartisan solution impossible? Was a policy of moderation doomed to fail? Would it have made much difference whether the nation was led by moderates or fanatics? 2. Repeated sectional compromises‚ in 1820‚ 1833‚ and 1850‚ held the Union together and averted civil war. Why did compromise fail in 1860(1861? Civil War (30 points) 3. How did the Civil War affect each of the following: northern factory
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overcome the sectional disputes that were remaining in the aftermath of 1850‚ trying to do so to organize the territories between Mississippian river and the pacific coast. His main goal was to overcome all the debates about the future of slavery. His solution was Popular sovereignty‚ this meant that the citizens of each new territory would decide whether slavery was permitted. This violated the principle of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that said all the Louisiana purchased north to the southern boundary
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History Of Slavery An evil of civilization Slavery enters human history with civilization. Hunter-gatherers and primitive farmers have no use for a slave. They collect or grow just enough food for themselves. One more pair of hands is one more mouth. There is no economic advantage in owning another human being. Once people gather in towns and cities‚ a surplus of food created in the countryside (often now on large estates) makes possible a wide range of crafts in the town. On a large farm or
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Disagreement/Dissent Argumentative Essay “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”. [Thomas] Howard Zinn‚ a political activist and American historian made this statement at the height of his carrier‚ relating that dissent is essential to the attitudes of the government by the people. [Howard] Daniel J. Bornstein argues‚ however‚ that disagreement is healthy and contributes to a working government‚ while dissent is a negative action and is ruinous to democracy. Bornstein defines disagreement as
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Charles Sumner was born in January 6th‚ 1811 and died on March 11th‚ 1874. He was a United States senator from Massachusetts in 1851 to 1874. Sumner played a prominent role in the United States Civil War era. He was a keen abolitionist who refused compromise on the issue of equal rights for blacks. In 1855‚ Sumner expressed his feelings in his speech‚ "The Crime Against Kansas." In this speech‚ he denounced his opponents‚ including South Carolina’s Senator Andrew P. Butler. Two days later Preston Brooks
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Routledge‚ 2003. Print. Nofi‚ Al. “Statistics on the War’s Cost”. Web. 13 June 2001 Spark Notes Editors. “Spark Note on Reconstruction 1865–1877”. SparkNotes.com. Spark Notes LLC. 2005. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. Spark Notes Editors. “Spark Note on The Civil War 1850–1865”. SparkNotes.com. Spark Notes LLC. 2005. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. Swogger‚ Michael J. “Causes of the Civil War: The Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso”. Suite101.com‚ Inc. Web. 23 November 2006. Tindall‚ George Brown and David Emory Shi‚ America A Narrative
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the reasons are the idea of slavery‚ tariffs‚ trading and states rights. So‚ one of the reason of the civil war is the Missouri Compromise and it was extending to the California border and they are dividing the factor between the North and the South. When they divide the Northern states are taken the rights from the Southern so they can own slaves. The Missouri Compromise was a series of agreements that the Congress has made. It made the
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