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Kansas–Nebraska Act

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Chronological Reasoning Wilmot Proviso- he Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War. In 1846, David Wilmot a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, proposed the Wilmot Proviso. Mexican American war- The Mexican?American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. Fugitive Slave Act- Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.

APUSH Brinkley Test Bank Ch. 13

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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 14 The Sectional Crisis 14.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) In 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, almost beat Senator ________ of Massachusetts to death. A) Thaddeus Stevens B) John C. Calhoun C) Charles Sumner D) Zachary Taylor E) William Graham Sumner Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 330 [Factual] 2) The term "second party system" describes A) the splinter parties of the 1840s and 1850s. B) the vigorous competition between Whigs and Democrats. C) the creation of a new, third, political party. D) the political party not in power in government. E) a total shift in American politics. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 332 [Factual]

APUSH DBQ American Revolutioon

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The American Revolution marked a turning point in American society. After the Revolution, which lasted from 1775 to 1800, the new country was greatly affected politically, socially, and economically. America now had to set up a new government for themselves, an independent economy, and deal with the changing roles people had in society.

2005 APUSH Free Response Question (Form B) Part A

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The United States of America was founded and held together using compromises to help keep all parties involved in a particular conflict satisfied. This continued through the time period from 1820 to 1860. However, by 1860, the increasing tension surrounding the issue of slavery made continued use of compromise seem impossible. The numerous conflicts and disagreements involved with slavery divided the North and the South and eventually caused a complete collapse in the possibility of compromise.

APUSH outline slavery

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Laura Denning Wilson January 5, 2011 Essential Question A ? Thesis: The opposition against slavery in the North is exemplified by the polital action and argument against it during the Missouri compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska act. I. Missouri Compromise A. 12-to-11 Upset 1. Missouri wanted to join the US as a slave state a. Missouri would be a cotton producing state i. Needed slaves for cotton production 2. Upset anti-slavery figures a. Upset the balance of 11-to-11 free/slave states i. Threatened the Northern powers in congress ii. Simply unacceptable for there to be more slave than free states. B. Missouri Compromise 1. Proposed by Henry Clay ? Speaker of the House 2. Maine ? enter free; Missouri ? slave.
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