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1. Changing to War
   ... By the time the Supreme Court heard arguments in the Scott case in 1856 the question of slavery in the western territories had become one of the most ...
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2. Causes of the Civil War
   ... The western territories were controlled in every aspect of society and had no rights that they could vote on. The issue of states ...
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3. thomas jefferson
   ... He proposed the ordinance of 1784, which stated that the western territories should be selfgoverning and join the Union when they reached a certain stage of ...
   (1593 Words -- Approx. 6 Pages)

4. Westward Expansion
   ... Though it is clear that a large number of political reasons actually led to the annexation of a few western territories, we will rather concentrate on other ...
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5. Bill of Rights
   ... Although the Wilmot Proviso did not become law, the issue it raised the extension of slavery into the western territories contributed to the growth of ...
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6. The Founding Fathers and Slavery
   ... This law would have made slavery illegal in all Western territories after 1800. Unfortunately this law did not pass, but it was a start. ...
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7. AP Revolutionary Essay
   ... Some argued that the empire should restrain rapid settlement and development of the Western territories. Others wanted to see the ...
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8. Tensions in 185260 That Led to the Civil War
   ... This controversial legislation repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and reopened the controversy over the extension of slavery in the western territories. ...
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9. History 2
   ... Northern abolitionist demanded that Congress ban slavery from the western territories, under the provisions of the Constitution that authorized it to ampquotmake all ...
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10. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
    ... busy nominating Lincoln for their ticket, the Democrats split into two parties over a disagreement concerning the issue of slavery and new western territories. ...
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11. Michigan
    ... This canal linked the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, providing a route between the eastern states and the western territories. ...
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12. Frontier Democracy
    ... Once the western territories were assimilated into the United States, there were huge expanses of free land waiting for anyone who wished to claim it. ...
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13. Racial Cases
    ... power to prohibit slavery in federal territories, a ruling that invalidated the part of the Missouri Compromise that banned slavery in the western territories. ...
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14. Abraham Lincoln
    ... equality of the white and black races.ampquot Emancipation will come in Godamp39s good time.ampquot Lincoln did not want slavery to expand into the western territories. ...
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15. The American Constitution A Historical Background
    ... The Articles of Confederation dealt with three issues: representation, taxation, and the extent of control over western territories. ...
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16. The founding fathers and slavery
    ... to grow. It wasnamp39t until the Northwest Ordinance that slavery was finally found illegal in upper western territories. This was until ...
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17. underground railway
    ... to escape. Those who fled from plantations usually went to the northern states, Western territories and Canada. Whoever lived in ...
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18. national debate over slavery
    ... It was composed of five separate laws. It was an agreement designed to ease tensions over the expansion of slavery into western territories. ...
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19. New Imperialism 2
    ... Because of the fierce competition for new territories between these western powers a new attitude was formed that ultimately led to a scramble for new ...
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20. Race Relations in the US
    ... counseled young white Virginia slave holders against voluntary emancipation of theirs, and even favored the expansion of slavery into the western territories. ...
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21. Andrew Johnson
    ... AGENDA The Republican party was distinct because it adopted the Free Soil Partyamp39s position on halting the expansion of slavery into the western territories. ...
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22. louisiana purchase
    ... Hamilton viewed the western territories as only being beneficial to Spain and that we could possibly use the territory as barter to obtain the Floridas. ...
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23. 1865 to 1900 as the ampquotAge of Organizationampquot
    ... Once the war started the Republicans were free of Southern resistance to set up governments and infrastructure in the western territories. ...
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24. TheSortofEconomic Constitution
    ... to tax, the raising of armies, regulating commerce, controlling of contracts, enacting bankruptcy legislation, the regulation of western territories, and the ...
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25. Was the Civil War inevitable
    ... controversy. The right of the federal government to prohibit slavery in the Western territories was a big upset to the South. Such ...
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26. Articles of Confederation
    ... However, the most important power was that Congress had the right to obtain territory and control development of the western territories, which was previously ...
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27. The American Civil War
    ... The main debate between the North and the South on the eve of the war was whether slavery should be legal in the Western territories recently obtained during ...
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28. The Under Ground Railroad
    ... However, escape routes were not just confined to the North, but also stretched to western territories, Mexico, and the Caribbean. ...
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29. Continental Congress
    ... In Document D, John Jay instructed the United States Minister to tell Great Britain to move out of the western territories, also known as the land beyond the ...
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30. Huckleberry Finn
    ... printer, a steamboat pilot, a halfhearted Confederate soldier no more than a few weeks, and a prospector, miner and reporter in the western territories. ...
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